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Crank, v. i. [See Crank,
n.] To run with a winding course; to
double; to crook; to wind and turn.

See how this river comes me cranking
in.

Shak.

Crank"bird` (-b?rd`), n.
(Zoöl.) A small European woodpecker (Picus
minor).

Cranked (kr?nkt), a. Formed
with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked
axle.

Crank"i*ness (kr?nk"?-n?s), n.
Crankness. Lowell.

Cran"kle (kr?n"k'l), v. t. [Cf.
Crinkle.] To break into bends, turns, or angles; to
crinkle.

Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train
aslope,

Crankling her banks.

J. Philips.

Cran"kle, v. i. To bend, turn,
or wind.

Along the crankling path.

Drayton.

Cran"kle, n. A bend or turn; a
twist; a crinkle.

Crank"ness (kr?nk"n?s), n.
1. (Naut.) Liability to be overset; -
- said of a ship or other vessel.


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