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Pronunciation : Cran"ny (krn"n)
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).]
Definition : 1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. Dryden. He peeped into every cranny. Arbuthnot.

2. (Glass Making)

Defn: A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

pl. Crannies (-n.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cran"ny
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.] The ground did cranny everywhere. Golding.

2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. All tenantless, save to the cranning wind. Byron.

i. [imp & p. p. Crannied (-nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cran"ny
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ]
Definition : Defn: Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913