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  • 21Crane, MO — U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 1390 Housing Units (2000): 630 Land area (2000): 1.471043 sq. miles (3.809985 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.471043 sq. miles (3.809985 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 22Crane, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 3191 Housing Units (2000): 1278 Land area (2000): 1.019574 sq. miles (2.640684 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.019574 sq. miles (2.640684 sq. km) FIPS code …

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  • 23crane — crane, v. i. to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. Beaconsfield. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] The passengers eagerly craning forward over the bulwarks. Howells. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24crane — ► NOUN 1) a tall machine used for moving heavy objects by suspending them from a projecting arm. 2) a moving platform supporting a camera. ► VERB 1) stretch out (one s neck) to see something. 2) move by means of a crane. ORIGIN Old English …

    English terms dictionary

  • 25Crane — (spr. krēn), Walter, engl. Maler und Illustrator, geb. 15. Aug. 1845 in Liverpool, Sohn und Schüler des Miniaturmalers Tomas C. (gest. 1859), kam 1857 nach London, lernte dort von 1859–61 bei dem Holzschneider Linton und war seit 1865 vornehmlich …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 26Crane — (spr. krehn), Walter, engl. Maler und Illustrator, geb. 15. Aug. 1845 zu Liverpool, lebt in London; Ölbilder: Geburt der Venus (1877), Die flüchtigen Stunden (Hauptwerk, 1886); Aquarelle, Illustrationen zu Kinderschriften, kunstgewerbliche… …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 27crâne — péricrâne …

    Dictionnaire des rimes

  • 28Crane — Crane, Ich|a|bod the main character in the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. He is chased by the Headless Horseman …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29crane — O.E. cran large wading bird, common Germanic (Cf. O.S. krano, O.H.G. krano, Ger. Kranich, and, with unexplained change of consonant, O.N. trani), from PIE *gere (Cf. Gk. geranos, L. grus, Welsh garan, Lith. garnys heron, stork ), perhaps echoic… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 30crane — Crane, ou le test de la teste, Cranium, Calua, Caluaria …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

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