[kreyn] 
noun, verb, craned, cran⋅ing.| 1. | any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe. |
| 2. | (not used scientifically) any of various similar birds of other families, as the great blue heron. |
| 3. | Machinery. a device for lifting and moving heavy weights in suspension. |
| 4. | any of various similar devices, as a horizontally swinging arm by a fireplace, used for suspending pots over the fire. |
| 5. | Movies, Television. a vehicle having a long boom on which a camera can be mounted for taking shots from high angles. |
| 6. | Nautical. any of a number of supports for a boat or spare spar on the deck or at the side of a vessel. |
| 7. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Grus. |
| 8. | to hoist, lower, or move by or as by a crane. |
| 9. | to stretch (the neck) as a crane does. |
| 10. | to stretch out one's neck, esp. to see better. |
| 11. | to hesitate at danger, difficulty, etc. |
[kreyn] | 1. | (Harold) Hart, 1899–1932, U.S. poet. |
| 2. | Stephen, 1871–1900, U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer. |
| crane (krān) n.
v. tr.
[Middle English, from Old English cran; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| Crane (krān) American poet whose works, including The Bridge (1930), celebrate America's cultural past, present, and future. |
| Crane, Stephen 1871-1900. American writer whose works include The Red Badge of Courage (1895) and the short story "The Open Boat" (1898). |
Crane
(Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7). In both of these passages the Authorized Version has reversed the Hebrew order of the words. "Crane or swallow" should be "swallow or crane," as in the Revised Version. The rendering is there correct. The Hebrew for crane is _'agur_, the Grus cincerea, a bird well known in Palestine. It is migratory, and is distinguished by its loud voice, its cry being hoarse and melancholy.