crannuibh

[Ir., cranny1 (kran'i), n.; pl. crannies (-iz). [Early mod. E. crannie, cranie, gate. We neede not seeke some secret cranie, we see an open Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 28. Dryden. In a firm building, the cavities ought to be filled with brick or stone, fitted to the crannies. He peeped into every cranny . Arbuthnot , John Bull. Their old hut was like a rabbit-pen: there was a towhead to every crack and cranny . H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 109. Wall-weed sweet, Ki ing the crannies that are split with heat. Swinburne , St. Dorothy.