† cranyn.
Obsolete.
= cranium n.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > top of skull
crownc1275
scalpa1300
calvaria1398
crany1525
crane?1541
cranium1543
brain-cap1812
skull-cap1855
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun]
nolleOE
headOE
topa1225
copc1264
scalpa1300
chiefc1330
crownc1330
jowla1400
poll?a1400
testea1400
ball in the hoodc1400
palleta1425
noddle?1507
costard?1515
nab?1536
neck1560
coxcomb1567
sconce1567
now1568
headpiece1579
mazer1581
mazardc1595
cockcomb1602
costrel1604
cranion1611
pasha1616
noddle pate1622
block1635
cranium1647
sallet1652
poundrel1664
nob1699
crany?1730
knowledge box1755
noodle1762
noggin1769
napper1785
garret1796
pimple1811
knowledge-casket1822
coco1828
cobbra1832
coconut1834
top-piece1838
nut1841
barnet1857
twopenny1859
chump1864
topknot1869
conk1870
masthead1884
filbert1886
bonce1889
crumpet1891
dome1891
roof1897
beanc1905
belfry1907
hat rack1907
melon1907
box1908
lemon1923
loaf1925
pound1933
sconec1945
nana1966
1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. xxx With brekyng of Craney.
1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) 88 The Crany of a beast. View more context for this quotation
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiii. 137 It was rather the forehead bone petrified, then a stone within the crany . View more context for this quotation
?1730 J. Swift Dan Jackson's Reply in Wks. (1755) IV. i. 258 Good spelling-master, your crany has lead on't.
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