"crannock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crannocks [plural]
Etymology: Possibly Welsh. Head templates: {{en-noun}} crannock (plural crannocks)
  1. An old Irish measure of corn equivalent to the quarter. The crannock of oats appears to contain two quarters, as sometimes occurs with its English equivalent. Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-crannock-en-noun-9-OhOTG- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Synonyms: carnok, carnock, cornock, cornook, crennock, crenneke, krenneke, cren-, cryn-, crineoke, curnock

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "cornock"
    },
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      "word": "cornook"
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