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▪ I. sang, n.1 Sc. and north.|sæŋ|
[Of obscure origin: cf. Sam n.1 2.]
Used in the asseverative phrase (by) my sang; also shortened to sang.
1787Grose Provinc. Gloss., Sang is't, indeed it is. N. 1790A. Wilson Poems 87 But by my sang! now gin we meet, We'll hae a tramp right clever. 1894A. Robertson Nuggets, etc. 70 ‘Ma sang!’ said McKeel, ‘ye've come to the richt shop.’
▪ II. sang, n.2|sæŋ|
U.S. colloq. abbrev. of ginseng.
1843‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxvii. 256 The store⁓keeper was obliged to book the nine and a quarter cents, to be paid in ‘sang’. 1886Harper's Mag. June 58/2 Formerly, digging ‘sang’, as they call ginseng, was a general occupation. 1897W. E. Barton Sim Galloway's Daughter-in-Law 20 The sang was short this year. 1948E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 32 He spent some time digging ginseng, or ‘sang’ as they called it. 1978Nat. Parks & Conservation Mag. Feb. 18/1 Hunters of ‘sang’, as ginseng is known in Virginia and West Virginia, can tell..exciting stories about finding the ‘big root’ or ‘patch’.
attrib.1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 379 Sang-hoe, the implement used in gathering ginseng. 1878C. B. Coale Life & Adventures Wilburn Waters xxi. 124 These hill-sides are a godsend to ‘sang-diggers’. 1899M. G. Kains Ginseng 31 The average ‘sang’ digger has very little conscience. 1927K. Eubank Horse & Buggy Days 53 The trail of death which lasted for twenty years started over the ownership of a ‘sang-digger’ hog. 1949J. Nelson Backwoods Teacher xxii. 233 Thar I was in them deep woods huntin' sang roots. 1975C. Bogue in E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 247 A man could go ‘sang’ hunting and return with a fortune.
Hence as v. intr., to gather ginseng; ˈsanging vbl. n.
1848Bartlett Dict. Amer. 282 Sang,..is or was also used in Virginia as a verb; to go a sanging, is to be engaged in gathering ginseng. 1859Ibid. (ed. 2) 379 In Alleghany Co., Maryland, is Sang Run near which is a well-known ‘sanging ground’. 1877Field & Forest III. 40 Why, I have sanged all over it [sc. the mountain]. 1892J. L. Allen Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky 249 In the wildest parts of the country..entire families may still be seen ‘out sangin’. 1975C. Bogue in E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 247 With some domestic sale, as well as a continuing foreign market, ‘sanging’ became a business.
▪ III. ‖ sang, n.3|sʌŋ|
Also srang; pl. sang, (anglicized) -s.
[Tibetan s(r)ang ounce.]
A former Tibetan unit of currency, consisting of 100 sho; a coin or note of this value.
1902S. C. Das Journey to Lhasa & Central Tibet vii. 182 The Government revenue for each kang is, on an average, fifty srang (125 rupees), or about one hundred and fifty khal of grain. 1947Whitaker's Almanack 886/2 The present currency [of Tibet] is reckoned in sangs... The 1939 value was about 8 sangs = 1 rupee. 1962R. A. G. Carson Coins 545 Since 1935 on various srang values in silver..has been the lion with a background of mountains. 1962L. Davidson Rose of Tibet ix. 174 The current yuan went 330 to the Tibetan sang: the sang six and a half to the rupee. 1970R. D. Taring Daughter of Tibet xviii. 242 Thubtenla lent me six hundred sangs (about {pstlg}6). 1974D. Norbu Red Star over Tibet ii. 36 His profits and premium from Chang Thang amounted to 600 sang.
▪ IV. sang
var. sheng1. |