CPage 712
- English Word Crank Definition A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
- English Word Crank Definition A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
- English Word Crank Definition A sick person; an invalid.
- English Word Crank Definition Sick; infirm.
- English Word Crank Definition Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
- English Word Crank Definition Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
- English Word Crank Definition To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
- English Word Crankbird Definition A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
- English Word Cranked Definition Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.
- English Word Crankiness Definition Crankness.
- English Word Crankle Definition To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
- English Word Crankle Definition To bend, turn, or wind.
- English Word Crankle Definition A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
- English Word Crankness Definition Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.
- English Word Crankness Definition Sprightliness; vigor; health.
- English Word Cranky Definition Full of spirit; crank.
- English Word Cranky Definition Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.
- English Word Cranky Definition Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.
- English Word Crannied Definition Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall.
- English Word Crannied Definition of Cranny