Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1929
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KRANYO, n. Also kronyo. A twisted, confused heap, gen. in phr. in a kranyo (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1960). [′krɑnjo]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Of a stack blown down — "it was a' lyan in a kranyo." . . . I have also heard the word used descriptively of a person much crippled by rheumatism.
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