Cran"ny (kr?n"n?), n.; pl. Crannies (-nz). [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.
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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 cranning wind.
Byron.
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Cran"ny, a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ]
Quick; giddy; thoughtless.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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