STING, STINGING
ADJECTIVES
1000 — TART of pain, punishment, suffering, discipline, law: sharp, severe, painful, grievous, tender to the touch, smarting, stinging → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1425 — PUNGITIVE that pricks or stings; sharp to the senses → obs.
1839 — SMARTFUL stinging, irritating
NOUNS
1350 — PRICK the sting of a bee, scorpion, etc. → obs.
1350 — TANG the tongue of a serpent, formerly thought to be the stinging organ; the sting of an insect → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1898 — TANGER anything which stings → Eng. dial.
1905 — TING a sting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1300 — TO-STING to sting severely → obs.
1400 — TANG to sting as a serpent or an insect → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1657 — PUNGE to cause a part of the body to smart; to irritate, to sting → obs.
1790 — DAG to thrust at, to stab, to sting → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1877 — VENOM to sting → Eng. dial.
1896 — ATTER to venom, to sting → Eng. dial.
1898 — BITE to smart, to tingle, to sting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THEAK to smart, to sting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TING to sting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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