cran
(noun) a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gaelic.
cran (plural crans or cran)
(obsolete) A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has sometimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or 750 herring on average.
(obsolete, rare, by extension) A barrel made to hold such a measure.
cran (plural crans)
(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.
• Carn, NRCA, cRNA, carn, crna, narc
Cran
(after a qualification) Cranfield University, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
• Carn, NRCA, cRNA, carn, crna, narc
Source: Wiktionary
Cran (krn), Crane (krn), n. Etym: [Scot., fr. Gael. crann.]
Definition: A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. [Scot.] H. Miller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
