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Definition of 'cran'English
Etymology 1
Gaelic.
Alternative forms
* crane
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) a measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified; also rarely a barrel made to hold such a measure
* 1800 Dec., Sir Richard Phillips, The Monthly magazine , Volume 10 , No. 66, page 486:
- Very flattering indeed has been the success of the fishermen; and many boats have come in loaded, averaging thirty or forty crans' each (every '''cran''' estimated at 1,000 herrings), and disposed of their cargoes at nine shillings per ' cran ; but the price has been since raised to fifteen shillings.
* 1960 , Singing the Fishing :
- And fish the knolls on the North Sea Holes
And try your luck at the North Shields Gut
With a catch of a hundred cran .
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Etymology 2
Noun
( en-noun)
(music) An embellishment played on the lowest note of a chanter of a bagpipe, consisting of a series of grace notes produced by rapid sequential lifting of the fingers of the lower hand.
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Similar to 'cran'crown, churn, corn, caron, croon, cairn, crin, croyn, chron, carn, cerin
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