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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1629
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Cran, n.1 Also: crann(e, cren. [ME. cran (also cron, crane), OE. cran.] A crane (the bird).c1420 Wynt. i. 650.
The pygmaveis … oft wyll wytht the crannys [W. crennys] fycht c1450-2 Howlat 162.
A college of cardinalis come syne … That war crannis of kynd 1491 Treasurer's Accounts I. 182.
Til a man, for a cran, be the way passand to Quhitherne 1501–2 Ib. II. 132.
To the lard of Balgonyis man that brocht crannis to the King c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxv. 51.
To eit swan, cran, pertrik and pleverc1500-c1512 Ib. xxxv. 24.
Quhill that ane abbot him cleith in ernis pennis, And fle up in the air amangis the crennis c1500-c1512 Ib. xlviii. 123.
Pacokkis, papingais, or crennis [: wrennis]1513 Doug. x. v. 123.
The soun Of crannys crowplyng, fleand in the ayr 1533 Treasurer's Accounts VI. 96.
For the feding of ij crannis, of [ij] heronnis and ij butouris 1550 Reg. Cupar A. II. 241.
He gettand for ilk wild gwis iij s., and for ilk cran vj s. viij d. a1578 Pitsc. I. 337/4.
Thair was of meittis, of breid … with flesches, … cuning, cran, suan, … togither witht blak cok a1585 Polwart Flyt. 733 (T).
Lyk ane cran … That man tak ay nyne steppis befoir scho flie 1629 Boyd Last B. 471.
Nature hath taught the … cranne, storke, and swallows, our winter strangers, to know their seasons
