tong

UK /tɒŋ/ US /tɔŋ/
name 5noun 3verb 2

Definitions

verb

1

To use tongs.

2

To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

noun

1

A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land.

An Ordinance to provide for the termination of the Block Crown Lease of Cheung Chau granted to Wong Wai Tsak Tong and for sub-lessees under the Block Crown Lease to hold directly from the Crown.

2

A Chinese secret society or gang.

noun

1

Obsolete spelling of tongue.

Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.

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