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cranreuch

Dialect
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A Scots dialect term for hoarfrost: a white crystalline frost deposited on cold surfaces, often giving landscapes a wintry glitter.

Detailed Definition
This Scots word refers to frost, especially a white, rime-like frost. Burns uses it to emphasize the cold and bleakness of winter.
Example
Example in poetry:
“An’ cranreuch cauld!” (Robert Burns) names the cold, white hoarfrost of a Scottish winter; Cranreuch is Scots for frost rime coating grass, hedges, or fields; “Cranreuch silvered the kail at dawn” shows its glittering visual effect; Dialect compresses weather, place, and season into one resonant word
Additional Notes
“cranreuch” is a distinctly Scots word in the poem and is likely unfamiliar to modern readers.; Found in the poem, To a Mouse by Robert Burns
Also Known As
mist haze fog
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