CRANNY

cranny

(noun) a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap

(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

cranny (plural crannies)

A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

Verb

cranny (third-person singular simple present crannies, present participle crannying, simple past and past participle crannied)

(intransitive) To break into, or become full of, crannies.

(intransitive) To haunt or enter by crannies.

Etymology 2

Adjective

cranny (comparative more cranny, superlative most cranny)

(UK, dialect) quick; giddy; thoughtless

Source: Wiktionary

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