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_Watson's Coll._
CRAMPLAND, _part. pr._ Curling.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Sw. _krympling_, contractus.
CRAN, _s._ An iron instrument, laid across the fire for supporting a pot or kettle.
Denominated from its resemblance to a _crane_.
CRANCE, _s._ A chaplet.
_Watson's Coll._
Teut. _krants_, corona.
CRANE (of herrings), _s._ As many fresh herrings as fill a barrel, S.
_Statist. Acc._
CRANGLING, _part. pr._ Winding.
_Hudson._
Teut. _kronckel-en_, intorquere, sinuare.
CRANK, _adj._ Infirm, weak.
Teut. _krank_, id. Gl. Sibb.
CRANK, _s._ The noise of an ungreased wheel, S.
2. Used metaph. to denote inharmonious poetry.
_Burns._
~Crankous~, _adj._ Fretful, captious, S.
_Burns._
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