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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] The ground did cranny everywhere. --Golding. 2. To haunt, or enter by crannies. All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. --Byron. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cranny \Cran"ny\, a. [Perh. for cranky. See {Crank}, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cranny n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {crevice}, {crack}, {fissure}, {chap}] 2: a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
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