[f. TWANG sb.2, or alteration of TANG v.1]
† 1. trans. To furnish with a tang or point; in quot. fig.; cf. TANG v.1 2. Obs. rare.
1678. Dryden & Lee, Œdipus, V. i. With her thundring Voice she menac’d high, And every Accent twang’d with smarting Sorrow.
2. To cause (a sharp object) to pierce through something; to thrust through. rare.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., I. 155. How deep was the sorrow…, Like a bramble-thorn twang’d through her heart!
3. intr. To have a twang or ‘smack’ of something specified; to savor of. rare–1.
1821. Scott, Kenilw., iv. Your speech twangs too much of the old stamp.
