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The passengers eagerly craning forward over
the bulwarks.

Howells.

Crane's"-bill` (kr?nz"b?l`), n.
1. (Bot.) The geranium; -- so named
from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a
crane. Dr. Prior.

2. (Surg.) A pair of long-beaked
forceps.

Crang (kr?ng), n. See
Krang.

||Cra"ni*a (kr?"n?-?), n. [NL.]
(Zoöl.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so
called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or
skull.

Cra"ni*al (kr?"n?-a]/>l), a.
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cranium.

Cra"ni*o*clasm (kr?"n?-?-kl?z'm),
n. [Cranium + Gr. &?;&?;&?; to break.]
(Med.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the
cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult
delivery. Dunglison.

Cra"ni*o*clast (-kl?st), n.
(Med.) An instrument for crushing the head of a
fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

Cra`ni*o*fa"cial (-f?"shal),
a.


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