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arran
/ˈæɹən/
name 6noun 1
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2ADJ.
silky
ARRAN + NOUN
web
Definitions
name
1
Ellipsis of Isle of Arran, Scotland.
2
A male given name transferred from the place name, of modern Scottish usage.
3
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
4
Synonym of Arranmore (island in County Donegal, Ireland)
5
A male given name from Tamil.
name
1
In post-Islamic times, a region of eastern Transcaucasia, lying between the Rivers Kura and Araxes, in what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, corresponding to the territory of Caucasian Albania on t
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1
spider
Sweep'th Arrans down, till all be clean neer lin, Els he'l leauk all Agye when he comes in […]
"And th' arrand (spider)? Yes, but I hev: I 've read th' history o' Scotland, and happen knaw as mich on't as ye; and I understand ye to mean to say ye 'll persevere."
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Sweep'th Arrans down, till all be clean neer lin, Els he'l leauk all Agye when he comes in […]
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"And th' arrand (spider)? Yes, but I hev: I 've read th' history o' Scotland, and happen knaw as mich on't as ye; and I understand ye to mean to say ye 'll persevere."
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Shoo wor a beautiful lass—cheeks like a rose, hair colour o' gowd, an' fine an' silky as an arran web.
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