Part 2546

<hw>Cran"ny</hw> <tt>(kr?n"n?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Crannies</plw> <tt>(-n<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>cran</ets> notch, prob. from L. <ets>crena</ets> (a doubful word).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.</def>

<blockquote>In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the <b>crannies</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He peeped into every <b>cranny</b>. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Glass Making)</fld> <def>A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.</def>

<h1>Cranny</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cran"ny</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Crannied</er> <tt>(-n?d)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crannying</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To crack into, or become full of, crannies.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The ground did <b>cranny</b> everywhere. <i>Golding.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To haunt, or enter by, crannies.</def>

<blockquote>All tenantless, save to the <b>cranning</b> wind. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cranny</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cran"ny</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Perh. for <ets>cranky</ets>. See <er>Crank</er>, <tt>a.</tt> ]</ety> <def>Quick; giddy; thoughtless.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Crantara</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Cran*ta"ra</hw> <tt>(kr?n-t?"r? &or; -t?"r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>cranntara</ets>.]</ety> <def>The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.</def>

<h1>Crants</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crants</hw> <tt>(kr?nts)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>krans</ets>, G. <ets>kranz</ets>.]</ety> <def>A garland carried before the bier of a maiden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Yet here she is allowed her virgin <b>crants</b>, Her maaiden strewments. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crapaudine</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crap"au*dine</hw> <tt>(kr?p"?-d?n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.</def>

<h1>Crapaudine</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crap"au*dine</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>An ulcer on the coronet of a horse.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Crape</h1> <Xpage=340>

<hw>Crape</hw> <tt>(kr?p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cr<?/pe</ets>, fr. L. <ets>crispus</ets> curled, crisped. See <er>Crisp</er>.]</ety> <def>A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.</def>

<blockquote>A saint in <b>crape</b> is twice a saint in lawn. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Crape myrtle</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a very ornamental shrub (<spn>Lagerstr\'94mia Indica</spn>) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals.</cd> -- <col>Oriental crape</col>. <cd>See <er>Canton crape</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Crape</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Craped</er> <tt>(kr?pt)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Craping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>cr<?/per</ets>, fr. L. <ets>crispare</ets> to curl, crisp, fr. <ets>crispus</ets>. See <er>Crape</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; <as>as, to <ex>crape</ex> the hair; to <ex>crape</ex> silk.</as></def>