Crane

kran, n. (Ornith.) A wading bird, having long bill, legs, and neck. A machine for moving heavy weights; an arm turning on a vertical axis, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire; a siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. (Xaut.)., A piece of wood or iron with ^ two arms, used, in pairs, to stow spare spars in. — v. t. [craned'-* (krand), craning.] To cause to rise; to raise, as if by a crane. — v. i. To stretch the neck in order to observe something; to balk at a dangerous leap, etc., Crane. show timidity. — Crane's-bill. n. (Bot.) The geranium, which has an appendage of the seed-ve el resembling the beak of a crane. (Surg.) Long-beaked pincers. — Cran'age, n. Eight of using a crane in loading 1 price paid for the use.