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rannel-balk
ˈrannel-balk north. dial. = rannel-tree.1790 Grose Provincial Gloss. (ed. 2) sig. K4, Rannel-tree, cross-beam in a chimney, on which the crook hangs; sometimes called Rannebauk; North. 1817 Edin. Monthly Mag. June 241 The rusticity of their benisons amused me.—One wished them, ‘thumpin luck and fat ... Oxford English Dictionary
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rannel-tree
ˈrannel-tree Sc. and north. dial. Also 9 rannell-, randle-, rangel-, 8–9 Sc. rantle-tree. [App. of Scand. origin; cf. the synonymous Norw. dial. randa-tre and rand-aas, f. rand the space above the fire-place. But the appearance of l in all the English forms is difficult to account for.] A horizontal... Oxford English Dictionary
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ratten-
ratten-, ratting-crook varr. rackan-crook.1665 R. Brathwait Two Tales Chaucer 135 Having laid his Heel on the Ratting Crook, to pass the Winter-night away. 1785 Hutton Bran New Wark (E.D.S.) 380 A seaty rattencreak hang dangling fra a black randle tree. 1866 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Lizzie Lorton of Grey... Oxford English Dictionary
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