Sang \Sang\,
   imp. of Sing.
   [1913 Webster] Sanga

	

	Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sungor Sang; p. p.
   Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.] [AS. singan; akin to D.
   zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw.
   sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say,
   v.t., or cf. Gr. ??? voice. Cf. Singe, Song.]
   1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious
      modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according
      to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as
      alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
      [1913 Webster]

            The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii.
                                                  18.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
      [1913 Webster]

            On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

            Singing birds, in silver cages hung.  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in
      passing through a crevice.
      [1913 Webster]

            O'er his head the flying spear
            Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to
      celebrate something in poetry. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

            Bid her . . . sing
            Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            They should sing if thet they were bent. --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

	

	sang
    n 1: North American woodland herb similar to and used as
         substitute for the Chinese ginseng [syn: American
         ginseng, sang, Panax quinquefolius]

	

	SANG or SANC. Blood. These words are nearly obsolete.