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- Crane - n. - A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.
- Crane - n. - A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
- Crane - n. - A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
- Crane - n. - An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.
- Crane - n. - A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
- Crane - n. - A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.
- Crane - v. t. - To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.
- Crane - v. t. - To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
- Crane - v. i. - to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.
- Crane's-bill - n. - The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane.
- Crane's-bill - n. - A pair of long-beaked forceps.
- Craned - imp. & p. p. - of Crane
- Crane - v. t. - To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
- Davit - n. - A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.
- Coolung - n. - The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea).
- Crotch - n. - A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch.
- Gauntry - n. - A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.
- Tipula - n. - Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.
- Nematocera - n. pl. - A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.
- Daddy longlegs - - A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs.
- Crane - n. - A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
- Demoiselle - n. - The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
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- Isaiah 23 38:14 - Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter : I did mourn as a dove : mine eyes fail with looking upward : O LORD, I am oppressed ; undertake for me.
כסוס עגור כן אצפצף אהגה כיונה דלו עיני למרום אדני עשׁקה־לי ערבני - Jeremiah 24 8:7 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
גמ־חסידה בשׁמים ידעה מועדיה ותר וסוס ועגור שׁמרו את־עת באנה ועמי לא ידעו את משׁפט יהוה
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- Isaiah 23 38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
סוּס עָגוּר צָפַף הָגָה יוֹנָה עַיִן דָּלַל מָרוֹם יְהֹוָה עׇשְׁקָה עָרַב - Jeremiah 24 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
חֲסִידָה שָׁמַיִם יָדַע מוֹעֵד תּוֹר סוּס עָגוּר שָׁמַר עֵת בּוֹא עַם יָדַע מִשְׁפָּט יְהֹוָה