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 Stang, n.
 1. A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
 2. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
 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.