Band books

2. Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a
passage.

So many turning cranks these have, so many
crooks.

Spenser.

3. A twist or turn in speech; a conceit
consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a
word.

Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.

Milton.

4. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice;
whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion. [Prov.
Eng.]

Violent of temper; subject to sudden
cranks.

Carlyle.

5. A person full of crotchets; one given
to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is
perverted in respect to a particular matter. [Colloq.]

6. A sick person; an invalid.
[Obs.]

Thou art a counterfeit crank, a
cheater.

Burton.


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