Crane

krān, n. a large wading bird, with long legs, neck, and bill: a bent pipe for drawing liquor out of a cask: a machine for raising heavy weights—both named from their likene to the bird.— v.t. to raise with a crane.— v.i. to stretch out the neck: to pull up before a jump.— ns. Cran′age , the use of a crane: the price paid for the use of it; Crane′-fly , a genus of dipterous insects, nearly allied to the gnats, with very long legs.— adj. Crane′-necked .— n. Crane's′-bill , the Geranium, from a lengthened appendage of the seed-ve el. [A.S. cran ; Ger. kranich , W. gar an .]