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cran /kran /noun historicalA measure of fresh herrings, equivalent to 37 1/2 gallons.‘One year in a plosher, the Venus, we landed 110 cran in five nights’ fishing....- One outstanding day is remembered by some ever now, when a average of 80 cran of herring were landed by 40 boats.
- Each finished barrel held a cran of herring.
OriginLate 18th century: from Scottish Gaelic crann, perhaps the same word as crann 'lot', denoting the share of fish given to each member of the crew. RhymesAberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, clan, courtesan, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan |