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Crank axle (Mach.), a driving
axle formed with a crank or cranks, as in some kinds of
locomotives. -- Crank pin (Mach.),
the cylindrical piece which forms the handle, or to which the
connecting rod is attached, at the end of a crank, or between the
arms of a double crank. -- Crank shaft,
a shaft bent into a crank, or having a crank fastened to it,
by which it drives or is driven. -- Crank
wheel, a wheel acting as a crank, or having a wrist
to which a connecting rod is attached.

Crank (kr?nk), a. [AS.
cranc weak ; akin to Icel. krangr, D. & G.
krank sick, weak (cf. D. krengen to careen). Cf.
Crank, n.] 1. Sick;
infirm. [Prov. Eng.]

2. (Naut.) Liable to careen or be
overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient
ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.

3. Full of spirit; brisk; lively;
sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

He who was, a little before, bedrid, . . . was now
crank and lusty.

Udall.

If you strong electioners did not think you were
among the elect, you would not be so crank about it.


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