Stang

Part of speech: noun (n.)

imp. of Sting. [Archaic]

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

2. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift. Stang ball, a projectile consisting of two half balls united by a bar; a bar shot. See Illust. of Bar shot, under Bar. -- To ride the stang, to be carried on a pole on men's shoulders. This method of punishing wife beaters, etc., was once in vogue in some parts of England.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To shoot with pain. [Prov. Eng.]