cran
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Is cran a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500).Examples: "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."; "His brother caught three hundred cran when the seas were lavish, / Threw the bleeders back in the sea and went upon the parish."; "[…] 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."obsolete
2. (obsolete, rare, by extension) A barrel made to hold such a measure.broadlyobsoleterare
noun (English)
1. (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.
name (English)
1. (after a qualification) Cranfield University, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
name (English)
1. (programming) Acronym of Comprehensive R Archive Network.abbreviationacronymalt-of
Definition source: Wiktionary