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craned |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens. --Bates. An upstart craned up to the height he has --Massinger. 2. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as to crane the neck disdainfully. --G. Eliot.
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