Cran vs Crag - What's the difference?
cran | crag |
(obsolete) a measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified; also rarely a barrel made to hold such a measure
* 1800 Dec., Sir Richard Phillips,
* 1960 , Singing the Fishing :
(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.
A rocky outcrop.
* Sir Walter Scott
(geology) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.
As nouns the difference between cran and crag
is that cran is (obsolete) a measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified; also rarely a barrel made to hold such a measure or cran can be (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 while crag is large hand; claw, paw.As a verb crag is
to chelate.cran
English
Etymology 1
Gaelic.Alternative forms
* craneNoun
(en-noun)The Monthly magazine , Volume 10, No. 66, page 486:
- 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.
- 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 .
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * * * ----crag
English
(wikipedia crag)Noun
(en noun)- From crag' to ' crag the signal flew.
