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cranch

(kræntʃ)
vb
dialect another word for crunch
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Verb1.cranch - press or grind with a crushing noise
press - exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
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Cranch, living with some wheeziness in the Chalky Flats, could not undertake the journey; but her son, as being poor Peter's own nephew, could represent her advantageously, and watch lest his uncle Jonah should make an unfair use of the improbable things which seemed likely to happen.
Mary would have borne this one pair of eyes with comparative ease, but unfortunately there was young Cranch, who, having come all the way from the Chalky Flats to represent his mother and watch his uncle Jonah, also felt it his duty to stay and to sit chiefly in the kitchen to give his uncle company.
Jonah and young Cranch in the kitchen, not doubting that he had impressed the latter greatly by his leading questions concerning the Chalky Flats.
"Our initiative is really about raising awareness and increasing knowledge in the adults who are talking to teens," said Jessica Cranch, health project coordinator at the LARC Initiative.
William Cranch, may have been reported only from notes, rather than from
(1 Cranch) at 177, it is also true that "[q]uestions, in their nature political, .
Deep Fried Advertising LLC has hired Jordan Cranch as content and brand strategist.
(4) William Cranch. et al., Responding to Landowner Complaints of
MAIDSTONE SENTENCING of stunt firm boss Scott May for health and safety breaches following the death of "human cannonball" Matthew Cranch at a show in Detling, Kent, in 2011.
Perhaps the most enduring impact of the 1806 eclipse on then-fledgling American science was to inspire a young clockmaker's apprentice, William Cranch Bond, to pursue a career in astronomy.
(3 Cranch) 337, 341-42, 346 (1806) (arguments of counsel) (confirming that suits for "the value thereof' would proceed in personam).