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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CRANE, Crain, Cran, Crean, n. Also craneberry. The cranberry, Oxycoccos palustris (Sth. 1886 B. and H. 126, craneberry; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., cran(e), crean). Cf. Crone. [kren, krɑn]Sc. 1774 Weekly Mag. (27 Oct.) 134:
After subsisting themselves with crains, blackberries, and other moss fruits.Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. (1817) II. vii.:
The children gathered nuts in the woods, and crane-berries in the moss.Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 301:
Ye broomie howes and crane-red fens, The rural cot, and lofty ha'.