10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRANKOUS»
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The Works with His Lift by Allan Cunningham. -London, James ...
Crambo-clink, or crambo-jingle. Rhymes, doggrel verses. Crank. The noise of an
ungreased wheel—metaphorically inharmonious verse. Crankous. Fretful,
captions. “ This while she's been in crankous mood.” . Burns. Cranreuch The hoar
-frost ...
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The Works of Robert Burns. With life by Allen Cunningham, ...
Rhymes, doggrel verses. Crank. The noise of an ungrease wheel—
metaphorically inharmonious verse. Crankous. Fretful, captions. “ This while
she's been in crankous mood.” Burns. Cranreuch. The boar-frost, called in
Nithsdale “ frost-rhync.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham,
1850
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The Works: In Four Volumes
Polworth. Crambo-clink, or crambojingle. Rhymes, doggrel verses. Crank. The
noise of an ungreased wheel—metaphorically in. harmonious verse. Crankous.
Fretful , captions. “ This while she's been in crankous mood.” Burns. Cranreuch.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham,
1835
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The Works of Robert Burns. With Life by Allan Cunningham, ...
The noise of an ungrease wheel—metaphorically church." Sinclair. inharmonious
verse. Crankous Fretful, captions. “ This while she's been in crankous mood.”
Burns. D Cranreuch. The boar-frost, called in Nithsdale “ frost-rhyme." N of 32:5,,
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Robert Burns, Gilbert BURNS, Allan Cunningham,
1840
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The Works of Robert Burns complete in one volume with life ...
I GLOSSARY. 779 © Ql u. Pulworllt. Crambo-elink, or crambo-jingle. Rh es,
doggrel verses. Crank. The noise of an ungreasedv:'heel—metaphorically
inbarmonious verse. Crankous Fretful, captions. “ This while she's been in
crankous mood.
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The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life
The persons mentioned in the poem are " common and popular." The " crankous
mood" of old Scotland respecting her lost militia is well and truly described: had
the poet lived till 1798, he would have seen her in an equally crankous mood on
...
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham,
1834
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
This may be from kranck, acger, infirmus ; as denoting, like Lat. aeger, aegre,
difficulty in motion. V., however, the u4j. Crankous, adj. " Fretful, captious," Gl.
Bums. This while she's been in crankous mood. Her lost Militia fir'd her blood.
Burns, iii.
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The English dialect dictionary
[Seipmlen to wrigglc, wagle, cran le, writhe, Comm] CRANKOUS, adj. 06s.? Sc.
Fretful, peevish, captious. See Crank, adj! '7. Ayr. This while she's been in
crankous' mood, Bonus Author's Cry (1786) st. :6; Mair crankous an' anxious 'I'
han if ye ...
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Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect, by Robert Burns; with ...
Arouse, my boys, exert your mettle, To get auld Scotland back her hule ,* Or saith!
I'll wad my neiw pleugh-pettle, Ye'll sect or lang, Slid'll teach you, wi' a reekin
whittle, Anither sang. This while she's been in crankous mood, Her [zst A'Ii/itia sir'
d ...
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The Poems & Songs of Robert Burns: With a Life of the ...
... to con-verse Crackin, conversing Craft, or croft, afield near a house (in old
husbandry)c Craiks, cries or calls incessantly, a bird Crambo-clink, or
crambojingle, rhymes, doggrd verses Crank, the neise ofan urn greased zvheel '
Crankous, ...
Robert Burns, Hamilton Paul,
1819