curran
n. countablen. an old word for a small, dried grape used in baking. Today, we usually spell this word 'currant'.
n. an archaic spelling of 'currant', referring to a small, seedless dried grape of the Levant. Primarily found in historical texts or early modern English culinary records.
The old recipe calls for a handful of dried curran.
In the 17th-century ledger, the merchant recorded the import of several barrels of curran from the Mediterranean.
While modern orthography has settled on the double-t suffix, historical manuscripts frequently omit the final consonant when referring to the curran as a staple of the spice trade.
Archaic spelling; in modern English, use 'currant'.
a red currana red currantThe spelling 'curran' is obsolete; modern English requires 'currant' for both the dried grape and the fresh berry.