What is a strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask called?
tang — A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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