Part 2545

<hw>Crank"bird`</hw> <tt>(-b?rd`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small European woodpecker (<spn>Picus minor</spn>).</def>

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<hw>Cranked</hw> <tt>(kr?nkt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; <as>as, a <ex>cranked</ex> axle</as>.</def>

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<hw>Crank"i*ness</hw> <tt>(kr?nk"?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Crankness.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Crankle</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cran"kle</hw> <tt>(kr?n"k'l)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Crinkle</er>.]</ety> <def>To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.</def>

<blockquote>Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, <b>Crankling</b> her banks. <i>J. Philips.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cran"kle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To bend, turn, or wind.</def>

<blockquote>Along the <b>crankling</b> path. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crankle</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cran"kle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.</def>

<h1>Crankness</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crank"ness</hw> <tt>(kr?nk"n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sprightliness; vigor; health.</def>

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<hw>Crank"y</hw> <tt>(-?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of spirit; crank.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.</def>

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<hw>Cran"nied</hw> <tt>(kr?n"n?d)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; <as>as, a <ex>crannied</ex> wall</as>.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Crannog krnng, Crannoge</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw><hw>Cran"nog</hw> <tt>(kr?n"n?g)</tt>, <hw>Cran"noge</hw> <tt>(kr?n"n?j)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Celtic; cf. Gael. <ets>crann</ets> a tree.]</ety> <def>One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also <i>Lake dwellings</i>, under <er>Lake</er>.</def>

<i>Encyc. Brit.</i>

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