rann.

Brit.

/ran/, U.S.

/ræn/, Canadian English

/ræn/

Forms: 1500s ranne, 1700s 1900s– rann, 1700s– ran, 1700s– rand.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rand n.¹

Etymology: Probably a specific sense development of rand n.¹ (compare forms at that entry).

Chiefly English regional (southern) and Newfoundland. Now historical.

1. A certain width of net, frequently used as a unit of measurement (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > section of net

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1580 Brighton Custumal (BL Add. 5700) f. 68^v These Boates have used, 2 sorts of netts; the one sort called flewes ats heakes containing between 30 & 24 fadom in length, & in deepenesse 4 Rannes, euery Ranne 50 moxes deepe..the other sorte called Norwarde Netts.

1795 P. Dunvan Anc. & Mod. Hist. Lewes & Brighthelmston 504 One sort of nets called flews..three ranns in deepness, every rann fifty moxes deep.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Ran, a Folkestone herring net, which is about thirty yards long, is made four rans deep; and there are sixty meshes to a ran.

1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 103 Rann, a division of a net... Or rather a measure of netting.

1979 A. M. Tizzard On Sloping Ground 317 [I bought] a forty rand two and three quarter mesh herring net.

2. A particular length of twine (see quots. 1794 and 1880).

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1765 G. Williams Acct. Island Newfoundland 19 Six [dozen] Rand Twine.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 56 Ran, twenty cords of twine, wound on a reel, and every cord so parted by a knot as to be easily separated.

1819 K. Winter Shananditti (1975) vii. 68 List of Presents..1 Doz. Rands of Sewing Twine.

1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 104 For netting, the ordinary common twine runs three-quarters of a pound to a ‘ran’.

1933 in O. Blondahl Newfoundlanders, Sing! (1964) ) 35 His credit was good for a few slips of twine; He got such a fright when they gave him a ‘ran’.

1953 G. Beckles Bridport Story ii. 17 Wherever she might be, she would likely have near at hand a ‘ran’, or measure, of twine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ran
释义	rann. Brit. /ran/, U.S. /ræn/, Canadian English /ræn/ Forms: 1500s ranne, 1700s 1900s– rann, 1700s– ran, 1700s– rand. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rand n.¹ Etymology: Probably a specific sense development of rand n.¹ (compare forms at that entry). Chiefly English regional (southern) and Newfoundland. Now historical. 1. A certain width of net, frequently used as a unit of measurement (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > section of net ran1580 deeping1615 wing1678 1580 Brighton Custumal (BL Add. 5700) f. 68^v These Boates have used, 2 sorts of netts; the one sort called flewes ats heakes containing between 30 & 24 fadom in length, & in deepenesse 4 Rannes, euery Ranne 50 moxes deepe..the other sorte called Norwarde Netts. 1795 P. Dunvan Anc. & Mod. Hist. Lewes & Brighthelmston 504 One sort of nets called flews..three ranns in deepness, every rann fifty moxes deep. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Ran, a Folkestone herring net, which is about thirty yards long, is made four rans deep; and there are sixty meshes to a ran. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 103 Rann, a division of a net... Or rather a measure of netting. 1979 A. M. Tizzard On Sloping Ground 317 [I bought] a forty rand two and three quarter mesh herring net. 2. A particular length of twine (see quots. 1794 and 1880). ΚΠ 1765 G. Williams Acct. Island Newfoundland 19 Six [dozen] Rand Twine. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 56 Ran, twenty cords of twine, wound on a reel, and every cord so parted by a knot as to be easily separated. 1819 K. Winter Shananditti (1975) vii. 68 List of Presents..1 Doz. Rands of Sewing Twine. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 104 For netting, the ordinary common twine runs three-quarters of a pound to a ‘ran’. 1933 in O. Blondahl Newfoundlanders, Sing! (1964) ) 35 His credit was good for a few slips of twine; He got such a fright when they gave him a ‘ran’. 1953 G. Beckles Bridport Story ii. 17 Wherever she might be, she would likely have near at hand a ‘ran’, or measure, of twine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580
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