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cran

/ kræn /

noun

  1. a unit of capacity used for measuring fresh herring, equal to 37.5 gallons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cran1

C18: of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

Please to take notice of this, Mr. Cran-lee, because it makes him difficult to be persuaded.

The chief invention of the late Solutrean is the 'shouldered point' (pointe cran), a single notched and very slender dart.

Solutrean layer with shouldered points (pointes cran) and a few laurel-leaf points (pointes de laurier).

"Cranleigh, Cran-lee; as if it were spelled with a double e coming after the letter l," said I to her.

If Mr. Cran-lee will follow me, a step or two, I will show him a place where the dogs dare not to come.

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