Cran vs Crag - What's the difference?

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

* crane

Noun

(en-noun)

(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, 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.

* 1960 , Singing the Fishing :

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)

(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.

Anagrams

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crag

English

(wikipedia crag)

Noun

(en noun)

A rocky outcrop.

* Sir Walter Scott

From crag' to ' crag the signal flew.

(geology) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.

Derived terms

* cragfast * craggy * cragsman