▪ I. chang, n.1 north. dial.
[An echoic word: cf. chink, clang.]
A ringing or resonant sound.
| 1807 Stagg Poems 51 An' the grove, with gladsome chang Their joy confest. 1809 in Skinner Misc. Poet. 180 (Jam.) To fear the chirming chang Of gosses grave. |
▪ II. chang, n.2
(tʃæŋ)
Also chong.
[Tibetan chaṅ.]
A Tibetan beer or wine made chiefly from barley or rice.
| 1800 S. Turner Acc. Embassy Court of Teshoo Lama i. ii, Chong is a slightly acid and spirituous liquor. 1887 Field 19 Feb. 243/1 The headman came out with jugs of ‘chang’ (a kind of beer made from grass). 1925 E. F. Norton Fight for Everest, 1924 21 It was up to them..to take as many drinks of their chang as they could before setting out for Tibet. 1963 D. Murphy Diary 23 Oct. in Tibetan Foothold (1966) v. 99 All the adults spent the day..either preparing or eating food while drinking immeasurable quantities of ‘chang’. |
▪ III. chang, v. north. dial.
intr. To make a loud ringing sound; to clang or twang. Hence ˈchanging vbl. n.
| 1614 G. Markham Cheap Husb. ii. xxii. (1668) 79 A certain hollow changing in his mouth. 1807 Stagg Poems 140 Wi' merry lilts the fidlers chang, The lads and lasses bicker. |
▪ IV. chang
var. of cang, Obs., fool, foolish.