CRANNIES

Noun

crannies

plural of cranny

Anagrams

• narceins

Source: Wiktionary


CRANNY

Cran"ny (krn"n), n.; pl. Crannies (-n. Etym: [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 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)

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

Cran"ny, v. i. [imp & p. p. Crannied (-nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying.]

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.

Cran"ny, a. Etym: [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ]

Definition: Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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