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Crane

[kreyn]
–noun
1. (Harold) Hart, 1899–1932, U.S. poet.
2. Stephen, 1871–1900, U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer.
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Crane   (krān)   
American poet whose works, including The Bridge (1930), celebrate America's cultural past, present, and future.
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crane 
O.E. cran "large wading bird," from PIE *ger- (cf. Gk. geranos, Welsh garan, Lith. garnys "heron, stork"), perhaps echoic of its cry. Metaphoric use for "machine with a long arm" is first attested 1299. Verb meaning "to stretch (the neck)" is from 1799.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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