Webster's Dictionary 1913

9019

Crank (3)

Crank, v. i. [See Crank, n.] To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.See how this river comes me cranking in.Shak.

9020

Crankbird

Crank″bird′ (–b?rd′), n.(Zoöl.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).

9021

Cranked

Cranked (kr?nkt), a. Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.

9022

Crankiness

Crank″i‐ness (kr?nk″?–n?s), n. Crankness. Lowell.

9023

Crankle

Cran″kle (kr?n″k'l), v. t. [Cf. Crinkle.] To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.Old Veg's stream... drew her humid train aslope,Crankling her banks.J. Philips.

9024

Crankle (2)

Cran″kle, v. i. To bend, turn, or wind.Along the crankling path.Drayton.

9025

Crankle (3)

Cran″kle, n. A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

9026

Crankness

Crank″ness (kr?nk″n?s), n. 1. (Naut.) Liability to be overset; — said of a ship or other vessel.2. Sprightliness; vigor; health.

9027

Cranky

Crank″y (–?), a. 1. Full of spirit; crank.2. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.3. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

9028

Crannied

Cran″nied (kr?n″n?d), a. Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall. Tennyson.

9029

Crannog

{ Cran″nog (kr?n″n?g), Cran″noge (kr?n″n?j) }, n. [From Celtic; cf. Gael. crann a tree.] One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerou...

9030

Cranny

Cran″ny (krăn″ny̆), n.; pl.Crannies (–nĭz). [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).] 1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other...

9031

Cranny (2)

Cran″ny, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Crannied (–n?d); p. pr. & vb. n.Crannying.] 1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies.The ground did cranny everywhere.Golding.2. To haunt, or en...

9032

Cranny (3)

Cran″ny, a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a.] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. Halliwell.

9033

Crantara

Cran‐ta″ra (kr?n–t?″r? or –t?″r?), n. [Gael. cranntara.] The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.

9034

Crants

Crants (krănts), n. [Cf. D. krans, G. kranz.] A garland carried before the bier of a maiden.Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, Her maiden strewments.Shak.

9035

Crap

Crap (krăp), n. In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses.

9036

Crap shooting

Crap shooting. Same as Craps.

9037

Crapaud

Cra‐paud″ (?), n. [Written also crapawd, crapald, crepaud, etc.] [F. crapaud.] 1. A toad.2. (Pronounced krȧ′pō″) As a proper name, Johnny Crapaud, or Crapaud, a nickname for a F...

9038

Crapaudine

Crap″au‐dine (kr?p″?–d?n), a. [F., n.] (Arch.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; — said of a door.

9039

Crapaudine (2)

Crap″au‐dine, n.(Far.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. Bailey.

9040

Crape

Crape (krāp), n. [F. crêpe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mour...

9041

Crape (2)

Crape, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Craped (krāpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Craping.] [F. crêper, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See Crape, n.] To form into ringlets; to curl; to cri...

9042

Crapefish

Crape″fish′ (kr?p″f?sh′), n. Salted codfish hardened by pressure. Kane.

9043

Crapnel

Crap″nel (kr?p″nel), n. A hook or drag; a grapnel.

9044

Crappie

Crap″pie (kr?p″p?), n.(Zoöl.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several specie...

9045

Crapple

Crap″ple (kr?p″p'l), n. [See Graple.] A claw.