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Cranny
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.