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Definition of Craning
1. crane [v] - See also: crane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Craning
Literary usage of Craning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... be pestered with any buildings or other impediments to obscure the beauty of
the arched work, but only with cranes for craning up of goods at convenient ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"But at prêtent my answer is, that philosophy enjoins not the craning of our own
inclinations, but in order to their accomplishment; and it proposes pleasure ..."
3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... be pestered with any buildings or other impediments to obscure the beauty of
the arched work, but only with cranes for craning up of goods at convenient ..."
4. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"But at prêtent my answer is, that philosophy enjoins not the craning of our own
inclinations, but in order to their accomplishment; and it proposes pleasure ..."
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