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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†CRANNY, Crannie, n. Dim. of Eng. cranium. The form crany was used in Eng. but is now obs., last quot. in N.E.D. 1730.Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems 150:
Whilst with their craving Clamours he's opprest, He frames Excuses 'till his Cranny akes, Then thinks he justly damns the cursed Snakes.Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 76:
He aft wad claw his crannie.
