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In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be
filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the
crannies.

Dryden.

He peeped into every cranny.

Arbuthnot.

2. (Glass Making) A tool for
forming the necks of bottles, etc.

Cran"ny, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Crannied (-n?d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Crannying.] 1. To crack
into, or become full of, crannies. [R.]

The ground did cranny everywhere.

Golding.

2. To haunt, or enter by,
crannies.

All tenantless, save to the crannying
wind.

Byron.

Cran"ny, a. [Perh. for
cranky. See Crank, a. ]
Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Cran*ta"ra (kr?n-t?"r? or -t?"r?),
n. [Gael. cranntara.] The fiery
cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of
Scotland.

Crants (krănts), n. [Cf. D.
krans, G.


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