crane
/kɹeɪn/ noun B2- Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
- A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
- An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
- A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
- A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
Plural cranes
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Armitage, of Crane Water, near Reading.
A FARMER placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed.
Besides, I am no Crane, I am a Stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I love and slave for my father and mother.
Look too, at my feathers—they are not the least like those of a Crane.” The Farmer laughed aloud and said, “It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these robbers, the Cranes, and you must die in their company.”
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