EGAVE

cran

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500).
  2. noun A barrel made to hold such a measure.
  3. noun An embellishment played on a chanter of a bagpipe or a tin whistle, consisting of a series of grace notes produced by rapid sequential lifting of the fingers.
  4. noun Alternative form of qiran.

Similar words

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