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krang

/ˈkɹæŋ/

krang noun: the portions of a whale that remain after the blubber has been removed, especially the flesh and organs.

Noun

krang (plural krangs)

  1. The portions of a whale that remain after the blubber has been removed, especially the flesh and organs.
    • Natives came 30 miles over the ice in two sleighs from Navy Board Inlet; hundreds of mollies following the ship all day for bits of krang and blubber.1900, Andrew Barclay Walker, The Cruise of the Esquimaux, Steam Whaler, to Davis Straits and Baffin Bay, April-October 1899, page 47
    • The carcass of the whale, as left after the flensing, is cut to pieces on the platform and receiver for the krang, where krang and bone are elevated and placed in the krang boilers by machinery.1907, Daily Consular and Trade Reports - Issues 2757-2805, page 14
  2. (broadly) Anything that remains after flensing (not necessarily from a whale).
    • Sideways hurled The krang o ' a warld The sun has flensed Is lyin ' forenenst.1926, Hugh MacDiarmid, Penny Wheep, page 57

Forms of krang

pluralkrangs
alternative formcrang
alternative formkreng

Origin of krang

From Dutch kreng (“a carcass”), from Middle Dutch crenge (“carrion, carcass”), compare with Old English cringan (“to fall, yield, cringe”). Cognate with Danish kreng (“a carcass”).

Questions about krang

What does krang mean?
Krang means the portions of a whale that remain after the blubber has been removed, especially the flesh and organs.
What part of speech is krang?
Krang is a noun.
How do you pronounce krang?
Krang is pronounced /ˈkɹæŋ/.
What is the plural of krang?
The plural of krang is krangs.

Words near krang in the dictionary

  1. kran
  2. Krand
  3. Krandt
  4. Krane
  5. Kranes
  6. krang
  7. krangs
  8. Krank
  9. Kranks
  10. kranocyte
  11. kranocytes

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