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cranny
(encz) | cranny,puklina n: PetrV |
cranny
(encz) | cranny,škvíra n: PetrV |
Cranny
(gcide) | Cranny \Cran"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crannied (-n?d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Crannying.]
1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.]
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The ground did cranny everywhere. --Golding.
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2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies.
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All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. --Byron.
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Cranny
(gcide) | Cranny \Cran"ny\, a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ]
Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Cranny
(gcide) | Cranny \Cran"ny\ (kr[a^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. Crannies (-n[i^]z).
[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.
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In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be
filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted
to the crannies. --Dryden.
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He peeped into every cranny. --Arbuthnot.
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2. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles,
etc.
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cranny
(wn) | cranny
n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice,
cranny, crack, fissure, chap]
2: a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or
wall) |
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nook and cranny
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Cranny
(gcide) | Cranny \Cran"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crannied (-n?d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Crannying.]
1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.]
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The ground did cranny everywhere. --Golding.
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2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies.
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All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]Cranny \Cran"ny\, a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ]
Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]Cranny \Cran"ny\ (kr[a^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. Crannies (-n[i^]z).
[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.
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In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be
filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted
to the crannies. --Dryden.
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He peeped into every cranny. --Arbuthnot.
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2. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles,
etc.
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Crannying
(gcide) | Cranny \Cran"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crannied (-n?d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Crannying.]
1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.]
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The ground did cranny everywhere. --Golding.
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2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies.
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All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. --Byron.
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Scranny
(gcide) | Scranny \Scran"ny\, a. [See Scrannel.]
Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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nook and cranny
(wn) | nook and cranny
n 1: something remote; "he explored every nook and cranny of
science" [syn: nook and cranny, nooks and crannies] |
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