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Definition of Craned
1. crane [v] - See also: crane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Craned
Literary usage of Craned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Thames by Walter Besant (1903)
"the merchants of Bordeaux craned their wine out of lighters and other vessels,
and then landed and made sale of them within forty days after, until the 28th ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To stretch or bend (the neck) like a crane : as, he craned his neck to see what
was on the other side of the pillar. crane''2 (kran), ». ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1879)
"... the sign of the “Rose Garland,” in Fleet Street, who died in 1548, and William,
conjectured to have been his son, at the “ Vintry,” Three craned Wharf, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... &c. for inland carriage ; because in the latter case the hogsheads are at once
craned from the warehouses over the outer wall of the dock into the carts ..."
5. Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain by John Ruskin (1877)
"A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company." No steam-craned versification
in that, you will observe, * The sonnet referred to begins, I hear, ..."
6. A History of the French Revolution by Henry Morse Stephens (1886)
"... de craned, who had been first a commissary and then an intendant of police
and finance in the administration of the army, and had served twelve ..."
7. The Thames by Walter Besant (1903)
"the merchants of Bordeaux craned their wine out of lighters and other vessels,
and then landed and made sale of them within forty days after, until the 28th ..."
8. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To stretch or bend (the neck) like a crane : as, he craned his neck to see what
was on the other side of the pillar. crane''2 (kran), ». ..."
9. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1879)
"... the sign of the “Rose Garland,” in Fleet Street, who died in 1548, and William,
conjectured to have been his son, at the “ Vintry,” Three craned Wharf, ..."
10. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... &c. for inland carriage ; because in the latter case the hogsheads are at once
craned from the warehouses over the outer wall of the dock into the carts ..."
11. Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain by John Ruskin (1877)
"A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company." No steam-craned versification
in that, you will observe, * The sonnet referred to begins, I hear, ..."
12. A History of the French Revolution by Henry Morse Stephens (1886)
"... de craned, who had been first a commissary and then an intendant of police
and finance in the administration of the army, and had served twelve ..."
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