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It was found of equal dimension in a literary man
whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists.

Coleridge.

Cra`ni*os"co*py (-p?), n.
[Cranium + -scopy.] Scientific examination of
the cranium.

||Cra`ni*o"ta (kr?`n?-?t?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. cranium.] (Zoöl.) A
comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those
that have a skull.

Cra`ni*ot"o*my (kr?`n?-?t"?-m?), n.
[Cranium + Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to cut off.] (Med.)
The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect
delivery.

Cra"ni*um (kr?"n?-?m), n.;
pl. E. Craniums (-&?;mz), L.
Crania (-&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;; akin
to ka`ra head.] The skull of an animal;
especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony,
which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan.
See Skull.

Crank (kr?nk), n. [OE.
cranke; akin to E. cringe, cringle,
crinkle, and to crank, a., the root meaning,
probably, "to turn, twist." See Cringe.


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