stang

noun

1. A forked ritual staff.

   “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.”

2. (archaic, obsolete)A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

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

3. (historical, obsolete)In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.

   “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.")”

4. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, slang)Short for Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

verb

1. (Scotland, intransitive)To shoot with pain, to sting.
2. (Scotland, transitive)To spear; to sting.
3. (dialectal, form-of, past, rare)simple past of sting

name

1. A surname.
2. (US, slang)Ford Mustang