cranreuch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cranreuch
1675–85; apparently < Scots Gaelic phrase crann reodhach frosty tree, equivalent to crann tree + reodh frost, hoarfrost + -ach adj. suffix
Example Sentences
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It sleeps in the snaw and the cranreuch Wi a cauld cauld plaid to wear.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2010
The “Daisy” falls not unheeded under his ploughshare; nor the ruined nest of that “wee, cowering, timorous beastie,” cast forth, after all its provident pains, to “thole the sleety dribble, and cranreuch cauld.”
From Life of Robert Burns by Carlyle, Thomas
Now thou's turn'd out for a' thy trouble, But house or hauld, To thole the winter's sleety dribble And cranreuch cauld.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.
The cranreuch 's on my heid, The mist 's now on my een, A lanesome life I lead, I'm no what I ha'e been.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
The ground was thickly covered with cranreuch, and life still remained in numbers of both armies, who begged earnestly for water.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424 Volume 17, New Series, February 14, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
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