Definition of "fong" [fong]

• A Middle English form of fang.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The term fong may therefore be confi - dered in a double fenfe — if the idea of mu - fic prevails, it fignifies no more than a fet of words calculated for adaptation to a tune; if poetry be the principal objeft, it is a fpecies"
• "Tju term fong may therefore be confi - dered in a double fenfe — if the idea of mu - fic prevails, it fignifies no more than a fet of words calculated for adaptation to a tune j if poetry be the principal objeft, it is a fpecie*"
• "Their head-dress usually consists of several curls, interspersed with little tufts of gold and silver flowers: some adorn their heads with the figure of a fabulous bird called fong-whang, answering to the phænix with us."