Noun: arran
| Singular | arran |
| Plural | arrans |
Sample Sentences
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Sweep'th Arrans down, till all be clean neer lin, Els he'l leauk all Agye when he comes in […] [1685, George Meriton, “A Yorkeſhire Dialogue in its pure natural Dialect”, in The praise of York-ſhire ale wherein is enumerated ſeveral ſorts of drinks, York: Francis Hildyard, page 59:]
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"And th' arrand (spider)? Yes, but I hev: I 've read th' history o' Scotland, and happen knaw as mich on't as ye; and I understand ye to mean to say ye 'll persevere." [1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Hollow’s Cottage”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 79:]
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Shoo wor a beautiful lass—cheeks like a rose, hair colour o' gowd, an' fine an' silky as an arran web. [1881, James Henry Dixon, chapter XI, in Chronicles and Stories of the Craven Dales, Skipton: Edmondson & Co., page 189:]
Nouns inflected like arran
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English arayne, arane, from Old French araigne, aragne, from Latin arānea, related to or derived from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē). Doublet of Arachne. See: Middle English Nouns '
arayne', Middle English Nouns '
arayne', Latin Nouns '
arānea', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἀράχνη'.