[A variant of krang, KRENG, a. Du. kreng, MDu. crenge, carrion.] The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed; the flesh of a dead whale.
1821. A. Fisher, Jrnl. Arct. Regions, 43. As black as the crang of a whale.
1827. Chron., in Ann Reg., 113/2. They lived upon the crang.
1867. in Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.
b. transf. and fig.
1876. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., 45. Crang, a skeleton. ‘T’ whooal crang,’ the entire frame of bones.
