name
Meaning 1
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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Standard Lemma guide
crandall
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rhymes with -ændəl
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CMU ARPABET: K R AE1 N D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc.
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verb
Meaning 3
To dress with a hammer of this kind.
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Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raonuill.
Probably from the name Crandall.
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