crane

  • 41crâne — nm., boîte crânienne : KRÂNO (Albanais.001, Annecy, Thônes, Villards Thônes). E. : Courageux. A1) sommet crâne du crâne /// de la tête ; tête ; front : kréta <crête> nf. (001). an., courageux, vaillant, hardi, fier et décidé, intrépide ;… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 42CRÂNE — s. m. Tapageur, homme qui fait le rodomont. C est un crâne. Faire le crâne. On l emploie quelquefois adjectivement. Il est crâne. Il a l air crâne. Ce mot est très familier …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 43Crane, R.S. — ▪ American literary critic in full  Ronald Salmon Crane   born Jan. 5, 1886, Tecumseh, Mich., U.S. died July 12, 1967, Chicago, Ill.       American literary critic who was a leading figure of the Neo Aristotelian Chicago school (Chicago critics) …

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  • 44Crane — 1 Original name in latin Crane Name in other language The Crane State code BB Continent/City America/Barbados longitude 13.1 latitude 59.45 altitude 9999 Population 935 Date 2013 06 26 2 Original name in latin Crane Name in other language State… …

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  • 45crane — crane1 [ kreın ] noun count * 1. ) a very tall machine used for lifting or moving heavy objects and building tall buildings: a crane driver 2. ) a large bird with long legs and a long neck that lives near water crane crane 2 [ kreın ] verb… …

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  • 46crane — [OE] Crane is a widespread Indo European bird name: related forms such as Latin grūs, Greek géranos (source of English geranium, also known as crane’s bill, from the long pointed ‘beak’ of its fruit), and Welsh garan point to a prehistoric Indo… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47crane — [[t]kre͟ɪn[/t]] cranes, craning, craned 1) N COUNT A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air. The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge crane. 2) N COUNT A crane is a kind of large bird with a long …

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  • 48crane — [OE] Crane is a widespread Indo European bird name: related forms such as Latin grūs, Greek géranos (source of English geranium, also known as crane’s bill, from the long pointed ‘beak’ of its fruit), and Welsh garan point to a prehistoric Indo… …

    Word origins

  • 49Crane —    (Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7). In both of these passages the Authorized Version has reversed the Hebrew order of the words. Crane or swallow should be swallow or crane, as in the Revised Version. The rendering is there correct. The Hebrew for crane… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 50Crane — (as used in expressions) Crane, (Harold) Hart Crane, Stephen Crane, Walter …

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