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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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PANG, v.¹, adj., n.¹

I. v. tr. 1. To pack (a receptacle) tight, cram full, stuff (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl.; Ayr. 1923 Wilson D. Burns 178). Gen. (exc. I.) Sc. Also paing-fou. Ppl.adj. panged, pang't, stuffed, full to overflowing; also pang'd-fu', id. (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). Also fig.Sc. 1718 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 75:
As fou's the House cou'd pang.Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 210:
Twa chappin bottles, pang'd wi' liquor fu'.Ayr. 1785 Burns Holy Fair xix.:
It pangs us fou o' Knowledge.Dmf. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun 88:
Carts, syne, wi' sic as dughtna gae, Were pang'd till they cou'd haud nae mae.Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley lxiv.:
The auld gudeman o' Corse-Cleugh has panged it wi' a kemple o' strae.Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 49:
We pang our pouches fu' o' cheese and bread.Peb. 1860 W. Watt Poems 165:
He gabs fu' gash, And toasts and sangs he blithe en-cores, When pang'd wi' Cash.Dmb. 1894 D. MacLeod Past Worthies 179:
The Cardross sextons from old time, as a rule, have been worthies panged fu' o' grim humour.Per. 1908 Gsw. Ballad Club III. 125:
My hands pang'd in the pouches o' My first pair o' breeks.Abd. 1914 A. McS. The Bishop 26:
Airchie couldna win ben; the room wis pangt wi' folk.Sc. 1935 Abd. Univ. Review (July) 213:
[He] gat his noddle to the croun Pang'd fu' o' lear.Edb. 1979 Albert D. Mackie in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 44:
And made me a swack chiel, rosie-cheekit,
Paing-fou o health.

2. Specif. of the stomach: to cram or gorge with food (ne.Sc. 1965). Also intr. to be full or stuffed (in 1791 quot.).Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 55:
Whan they had eaten, an' were straitly pang'd, To hear her fate young Bydby grytly lang'd.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 172:
Wi' pangin' gut an' wizen fu' O' nasty Whisky.Sc. 1844 G. Outram Lyrics (1874) 14:
We sall subsist upon our ain national vivers allenarlie, . . . whiles pangin oursels wi' . . . farles, fadges an' bannocks.Knr. 1895 H. Haliburton Dunbar 28:
His crap was as the crap o' beast, And lay-folk only lived to pang him.Kcb. 1898 Crockett Standard Bearer xi.:
Having our kites panged full with good meat.Bnff. 1903 Banffshire Jnl. (22 Dec.) 2:
Beef cried oot — I'll pang men's bellies O!Abd. 1922 G. P. Dunbar Whiff o' Doric 38:
So lichtly flew the rantin' 'oors wi' Pleasure at the prow, An' ilky een pangt fu', wi' Fun ey tittin' at the tow.

3. To squeeze (objects) together, press close, in ppl.adj. panged, pressed together, packed closely side by side.Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel iii.:
These London kirkyards are causeyed with through-stanes panged hard and fast thegither.Rxb. 1883 J. B. Webber Rambles 127:
At her post she [baker's assistant] was expert Pangin' off the breid.Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie In Two Tongues 45:
Annand, mysel, and twae-three ither Maun breenge wi' shoothers pang'd thegither.

4. To force (an unwanted article) on to someone, to palm off on (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., 1942 Zai; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein), phs. confused with Pawn, v., 2.

5. To pile up, make into a heap (Uls.² 1929).

II. adj. Completely filled, full to overflowing, at bursting point (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Uls. 1953 Traynor); of the stomach: crammed with food. More freq. in comb. pang-f(o)u, id. (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., -fowe; ne.Sc., w.Lth., Uls. 1965).Rxb. 1807 J. Ruickbie Wayside Cottager 107:
An' whan their bellies a' were pang, The grace was said, to wark they sprang.Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 171:
Here am I sittin' doon to write, Red-wud wi' spleen, pang fu' o' spite.Abd. 1857 G. Macdonald Songs (1893) 127:
The auld fowk lie still wi' their een starin stark, An' the mirk pang-fou o' the things they're thinkin.Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings 190:
When fishers keen at eve forgether, Pang fu' o' fun they rin their tether.Sc. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 33:
Eatin' an' drinkin' Till your kyte's pang-fu'.Bnff. 1954 Banffshire Jnl. (7 Sept.):
They were packit in at the back o' oor car till ilky hole an' bore o't wis pang fou.Edb. 1958 J. W. Oliver Peevers 20:
Wi' heid pang fu' o' lear.

2. Tightly packed together, compressed; specif. (1) of persons: crowded together, thronging.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 114:
The space . . . Was crawlin' wi' sae pang a mass, You scarce could see a spat o' grass. ¶(2) of an object: compact, firm, carefully put together, water-tight.Slk. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake (1874) 14:
Our taickil stood, and our bark was good, And se pang was our pearily prow.

III. n. A heap raised on the top of a cart, etc., a pile (Uls. 1924 W.Lutton Montiaghisms 31).