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craning
(encz) | craning, |
Craning
(gcide) | Crane \Crane\ (kr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craned
(kr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Craning.]
1. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with
up. [R.]
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What engines, what instruments are used in craning
up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest
heavens. --Bates.
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An upstart craned up to the height he has.
--Massinger.
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2. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane
the neck disdainfully. --G. Eliot.
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Craning
(gcide) | Crane \Crane\ (kr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craned
(kr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Craning.]
1. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with
up. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
What engines, what instruments are used in craning
up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest
heavens. --Bates.
[1913 Webster]
An upstart craned up to the height he has.
--Massinger.
[1913 Webster]
2. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane
the neck disdainfully. --G. Eliot.
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