crank, cranck, cranke

& s. [Icel, krankr =sick, ill; Dut. & Ger. krank.] [CRANK, 8.] IMG:content-1246.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1247.jpg:[graphic] *4. Strong, mighty. "Towered the Great Harry, crank and tall." Long fellow: The Building of the Ship. †5. Peevish, morose, sour-tempered, cranky. II. Naut .: Liable to upset; an epithet for a ve el when she cannot bear her sail, or when her floor is so narrow that she cannot be brought on the ground without danger. "In plying down the river, the Resolution was found to be very crank , which made it nece ary to put into Sheerne in order to remove this evil, by making some alteration in her upper works."- Cook : Voyage , vol. iii., bk. i, and two temporal bones, with the sphenoid and the ethmoid bones. The principal part of the vault of the cranium is formed by the parietal bones, which rest upon the wings of the sphenoid and upon the ch. i. B. As substantive: 1. A sick person. crank-brace, s. The usual form of brace, which has a bent shank by which it is rotated. crank-hatches, s. Hatches for covering the cranks of the engines within steamboats. crank-hook, s. The bar connecting the treadle and crank in the common foot-lathe. crank-pin, s. A pin connecting the ends of a double crank or projecting from the end of a single crank. In either case it is for the attachment of a pitman or connecting-rod. IMG:content-1248.png:[blocks in formation] piente. So called because their presence is neces- sary to a perfect denture. *crăńk, v . i . & t . [CRANK, a . ] 1. In trans.: To run in and out, to wind and turn, krans; O. Dut. krants .] A garland, a wreath. to dodge. IMG:content-1249.png:[blocks in formation] Forc'd by the sudden shock, her wonted track Forsook, and drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks." "Now on along the crankling path do keep, Then by a rock turns up another way. Hath not so many turns, nor crankling nooks as she." Drayton : Polyoloion , § 7. "This while she's been-in crankous mood, Her lost Militia fir'd her bluid." "Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants." Shakesp.: Hamlet, v. 1. crăp (1), v . t . [Flem. kroppen .] To stuff, to fill. *crăp (2), v . t. [CROP.] To crop, to lop. "Fu' vogie, an' fu' blythe to crap The winsome flow'rs frae Nature's lap." Ferguson: Poems , ii. 32. crăp, s . [CROP.] 1. A crop. ( Scotch .) 2. The top of anything. Crap and root : Wholly entirely, every bit. "And ye may mind, I tauld you crap and root Fan I came here." hides. Used for pumps and light shoes. crap-leather, s. Leather made from thin cow- *crăp-aude, *crapawte, *crepawde, *crep- awnde, s. [O. Fr. crapaut ; Fr. crapaud a toad.] The stone chelonitis, or toad-stone (q. v.). [Bu- FONITE.] "Crapaude, a precious name- crapaudine ."- Palsgrave . crăp'-âu-dine, s. & a. [Fr.] 2. Farriery: An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. B. As adjective: Arch.: Moving or turning on pivots top and bot- tom (applied to doors). crape, s. [Fr. crêpe ; O. Fr. crespe =curled, friz- zled, crisp; Lat. crisp us crisp (q. v.).] Fabric: A gauzy fabric_made of raw silk, and woven without cro ing. Uncolored, or gaily dyed, it is a rich shawl-stuff. Colored black and crimped, it is a mourning-goods. Smooth crape is used in ecclesiastical habits of a certain order, not quite so elevated as the cambric lawn of a bishop. Silk in- the smooth. The twist of the thread, especially that of the warp, is what gives the wrinkled ap- pearance to the goods when taken out of the loom. Aerophanes and gauze are goods of a similar de- script i on, either white or colored, Crape is said to have been made by Ste. Badour, Queen of France, A. D. 680. It was first made at Boulogne. ( Knight .) crape-fish, s . Codfish salted and pre ed hard. crape-morette, s . Fabric : A gauzy woolen fabric of fine texture, the warp being light and open, and the weft rela- tively heavy and fleecy. Made either white or colored. 1. Ord . Lang .: Irritable, whimsical, fidgety. "What a cranky old brute."-H. Kingsley: Geoffry Ham frizzle, to curl, to form into ringlets. lyn , ch. xxvii. IMG:content-1250.png:[blocks in formation] craped, pa . par . or a. [CRAPE, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Dre ed in crape. craping-machine, s. A machine by which silk is craped, i . e., crinkled. *crăp-le, s. [A variant of grapple (q. v.).] A claw. [CRAPPLE.] "Soone as they did the monstrous Scorpion view With ugly craples crawling in their way." crăp-u-lạ, s. [Lat.) Crapulence. "The drunkard now supinely snores, His load of ale sweats thro' his pores, Yet when he wakes, the swine shall find, A crapula remains behind." IMG:content-1251.png:[blocks in formation] His lips breath'd wrath, eyes sparkled shining fire." Fairfax: Godfrey of Boulogne, bk. vii., s. 42. B. Intransitive: 1. To make a loud dashing or crashing noise, as of many things falling or breaking at once. "That crash'd through the brain of the infidel, Round he spun, and down he fell." IMG:content-1252.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1254.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1255.jpg:[blocks in formation] *cră -ne , s . [Eng. cra ; -ne .] The quality or state of being cra , gro , or coarse; gro ne , coarsene , obtusene . the same degrees as the immaterial faculties abate in their "The ethereal body contracts cra ne and impurity by exercise."-- Glanville : Pre - existence of Souls , p. 118. cras-sul-a, s. [Dimin. of Lat. cra us thick. So named from the thickne of the fleshy leaves and stems.] distinct or united into a monopetalous corolla; the base, petals inserted in the bottom of the calyx carrier from the fooling D stamens equal in number to the petals, or twice as many; a hypogynous ovule at the base of each carpel. Fruct of several follicles, opening by the suture, or a several-celled capsule opening at the back. Seeds variable in number. Lindley est i- mated the known species at 450. crăs-su-lě-æ, s . pl . [Modern Lat. cra ul ( a ); fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ .] A tribe of Cra ulaceae. *crăs-tin-a-tion, s. [Formed from Lat. crasti- nus = belonging to to-morrow; cras =to-morrow.] Procrastination, delay. IMG:content-1256.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1257.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: A genus of trees, order Pomacese, Calyx segments short and acute, petals large and round ish, styles 1 to 5, fruit oval or round, concealing the upper end of the cells, which are long. It differs from the genus Pyrus in containing a variable number of stones, and from the medlar by having the fruit closed. The genus contains about eighty well-marked species and varieties, occurring in the temperate parts of both hemispheres. Cratægus Oxy acantha is the Hawthorn, or May. It is a European thorn. [HAWTHORN.] The Oriental species have heavy leaves, large fragrant flowers, and large, succulent, somewhat angular fruit; those of America are often very spinous. Finally, some species of the genus-viz., C. mexican a and C. pyra- cantha-are evergreens. cra-tæ-va, s . [Named after Cratævus, a Greek botanist who lived in the time of Hippo crates- i.e ., about 430 B. C.] hollow the mouth of a volcano.] 1. Cla . Archœol .: A large bowl. ( Etym .) "It was decreed that with the sum thus obtained a golden crater should be dedicated to Apollo."- Lewis : Ear. Rom . Hist . , ch. xii., pt. v., § 74, vol. ii., p. 305. IMG:content-1258.png:[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-1259.png:[blocks in formation] cratche ."- Wycliffe : Select Works , i. 317. "She wrapte Crist with cloth is, and putte him in the crater. (Used of mountains, hills, .) IMG:content-1260.jpg:[ocr errors] cratoxylon