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单词 sang
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sangn.1

Brit. /saŋ/, U.S. /sæŋ/, Scottish English /saŋ/
Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare Sam n.1 2.
Scottish and northern.
Used in the asseverative phrase (by) my sang; also shortened to sang.
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1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Sang is't, indeed it is. N.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 87 But, by my sang! now gin we meet, We'll ha'e a tramp right clever.
1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 70 ‘Ma sang!’ said McKeel, ‘ye've come to the richt shop.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sangn.2

Brit. /saŋ/, U.S. /sæŋ/
Etymology: Shortened < ginsang, variant of ginseng n.
U.S. colloquial.
= ginseng n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > ginseng
ginseng1677
Chinese mandragora1728
sang1843
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belly-ache-root1775
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Turkey rhubarb1789
sumbul1791
serpentaria1803
Honduras sarsaparilla1818
serpentary1837
sang1843
savanilla1856
manaca1866
gelsemium1875
sanguinaria1875
Indian turmeric1890
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxvii. 256 The storekeeper was obliged to book the nine and a quarter cents, to be paid in ‘sang’.
1886 Harper's Mag. June 58/2 Formerly, digging ‘sang’, as they call ginseng, was a general occupation.
1897 W. E. Barton Sim Galloway's Daughter-in-Law 20 The sang was short this year.
1948 E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 32 He spent some time digging ginseng, or ‘sang’ as they called it.
1978 Nat. 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’.

Compounds

attributive.
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1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Sang-hoe, the implement used in gathering ginseng.
1878 C. B. Coale Life & Adventures Wilburn Waters xxi. 124 These hill-sides are a godsend to ‘sang-diggers’.
1899 M. G. Kains Ginseng 31 The average ‘sang’ digger has very little conscience.
1927 K. Eubank Horse & Buggy Days 53 The trail of death which lasted for twenty years started over the ownership of a ‘sang-digger’ hog.
1949 ‘J. Nelson’ Backwoods Teacher xxii. 233 Thar I was in them deep woods huntin' sang roots.
1975 C. Bogue in E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 247 A man could go ‘sang’ hunting and return with a fortune.

Derivatives

sang v. intransitive, to gather ginseng.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [verb (intransitive)] > gather ginseng
sang1848
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Sang,..is or was also used in Virginia as a verb.
1877 Field & Forest 3 40 Why, I have sanged all over it [sc. the mountain].
ˈsanging n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > ginseng gathering
sanging1848
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms To go a sanging, is to be engaged in gathering ginseng.
1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 379 In Alleghany Co., Maryland, is Sang Run near which is a well-known ‘sanging ground’.
1892 J. L. Allen Blue-grass Region Kentucky 249 In the wildest parts of the country..entire families may still be seen ‘out sangin’.
1975 C. Bogue in E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 247 With some domestic sale, as well as a continuing foreign market, ‘sanging’ became a business.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sangn.3

/sʌŋ/
Forms: Also srang; plural unchanged, (anglicized) sangs.
Etymology: < Tibetan s(r)ang ounce.
A former Tibetan unit of currency, consisting of 100 sho; a coin or note of this value.
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society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Tibetan
sang1902
sho1902
society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Tibet
sang1902
sho1902
1902 S. 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.
1947 Whitaker's Almanack 886/2 The present currency [of Tibet] is reckoned in sangs... The 1939 value was about 8 sangs = 1 rupee.
1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 545 Since 1935 on various srang values in silver..has been the lion with a background of mountains.
1962 L. Davidson Rose of Tibet ix. 174 The current yuan went 330 to the Tibetan sang: the sang six and a half to the rupee.
1970 R. D. Taring Daughter of Tibet xviii. 242 Thubtenla lent me six hundred sangs (about £6).
1974 D. Norbu Red Star over Tibet ii. 36 His profits and premium from Chang Thang amounted to 600 sang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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