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2. Sprightliness; vigor;
health.

Crank"y (-?), a. 1.
Full of spirit; crank.

2. Addicted to crotchets and whims;
unreasonable in opinions; crotchety. [Colloq.]

3. Unsteady; easy to upset;
crank.

Cran"nied (kr?n"n?d), a.
Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied
wall. Tennyson.

{ Cran"nog (kr?n"n?g), Cran"noge (kr?n"n?j)
}, n. [From Celtic; cf. Gael. crann a
tree.] One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland
which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both
countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of
prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in
early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See
also Lake dwellings, under Lake. Encyc.
Brit.

Cran"ny (krăn"n&ybreve;),
n.; pl. Crannies (-
n&ibreve;z). [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a
doubful word).] 1. A small, narrow opening,
fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other
substance.


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