Why this word is great
CRANTARA — [Noun] A fiery cross, a charred wooden symbol dipped in blood, used historically as a signal to summon the clansmen of the Scottish Highlands to arms. From Scottish Gaelic crann-tara, from crann ("tree, beam, cross") and tara (likely from Old Irish tair, "across"), thus meaning a cross used as a signal. Unlike a beacon—a stationary fire of general warning—or a standard—a formal, woven emblem of identity—the crantara was a dire, portable sacrament of obligation. It is the scorched pine brand smoking in the runner’s grasp, the dark smear of ritual blood on charred wood, and the answering glint of steel uncovered on a distant hillside—a transient, terrible scripture whose only command was congregation, and whose only answer was war.