vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.]
1. The action of the verb FANG in various senses.
† a. The action of standing sponsor (obs.). b. The action of earning wages; in pl. concr. earnings. (dial.)
1493. Festivall (W. de W., 1515), 167 b. There is ghostly kynrede thrughe fongynge of chyldren at the fonte stone.
1846. Spec. Cornish Dial., 46. Why a spent all hes fangings laste Saturda nite.
2. Mining. (A main of) air-pipes used for ventilation in mines. Cf. FANG sb. 8.
1747. Hooson, Miner’s Dict., H, That expense may be spared, and Air enough taken along by Fanging.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, s.v. Fang, Sometimes the term a fanging is applied to a main of wood-pipes.
