cranny Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long narrow depression in a surface
    crevice; chap; fissure; crack.
  2. noun a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

WordNet

Cran"ny noun
Etymology
F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).
Wordforms
plural Crannies
Definitions
  1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
    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 intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Crannied present participle & verbal noun Crannying
Definitions
  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 cranning wind. Byron.
Cran"ny adjective
Etymology
Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a.
Definitions
  1. Quick; giddy; thoughtless. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

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