Meaning of stang | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A forked ritual staff.
3. Short for "Mustang", a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, slang
4. Ford Mustang
   US, slang
5. A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
   archaic, obsolete
6. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
   historical, obsolete

Examples

“The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force⟳ of nature. Much like⟳ the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power[…]”

“In more common (and private) Wiccan circles, the stang is replaced by the athame (black handled knife) and the cauldron replaced with the chalice but its^([sic]) pretty much /whatever works for you/.”

“These stangs can be used as natural altars in outdoor rituals or simply as walking staffs.”

“Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.”

“These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")”

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