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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Cran

Crān or Crāne, n.

noun

n. [Scot., from Gael. crann.] A quantity equal to the contents of a barrel; as, a cran of fish. [Scot.] H. Miller.

Crāne, n.

noun

n. [A-S. crān, D. & L. Ger. kraan, H. Ger. kranich, allied with Gr. γέρανος, Lat. grus, W. & Arm. garan, Corn. grana, Sw. trana, Dan. trane.]

  1. (Ornith.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
  2. [D. & L. Ger. kraan, H. Ger. krahn, Sw. kran, Dan. krane, Gr. γέρανος.] (a.) A machine for raising, lowering, and moving heavy weights. It consists of an arm, or piece of timber, projecting from a post, and furnished with the necessary tackle or pulleys, windlass, &c.; — so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane. (b.) A similar arm turning on a vertical axis or support, in a fireplace for supporting kettles, &c., over a fire.
  3. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
  4. (Naut.) A piece of wood or iron formed with two arms, used, in pairs, to stow spare spars in.
An engraved illustration of a crane standing among reeds.
Crane (Grus cinerea).
A crane with a long inclined boom, pulley, and suspended weight is operated by two workers using a geared winch.
Crane, (2, a.)

Crāne, v. t.

verbtransitive

To cause to rise; to raise, as if by a crane; — with up. [Rare.]

What instruments are used in craning up a soul sunk below the center to the highest heavens. Bates.

An upstart craned up to the height he has. Massinger.