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Stang   Listen
noun
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.
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.






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