stang /ˈstæŋ/



 Stang, n.
 1. A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
 2. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
 Stang ball, a projectile consisting of two half balls united by a bar; a bar shot. See Illust. of Bar shot, under Bar.
 To ride the stang, to be carried on a pole on men's shoulders. This method of punishing wife beaters, etc., was once in vogue in some parts of England.


 Stang imp. of Sting. [Archaic]


 Stang, v. i.  To shoot with pain. [Prov. Eng.]

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 Sting, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stung (Archaic Stang ); p. pr. & vb. n. Stinging.]
 1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
 2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite. “Slander stings the brave.”
 3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

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