crane : Idioms & Phrases

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Balearic crane

  • . (Zoöl.) See Crane.
Webster 1913

Crane fly

  • noun long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
    daddy longlegs.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus Tipula.
Webster 1913

crane's bill

  • noun any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium
    cranesbill.
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crane's-bill

Crane's"-bill` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. Dr. Prior.
  2. (Surg.) A pair of long-beaked forceps.
Webster 1913

Derrick crane

  • . See Derrick.
  • a combination of the derrick and the crane, having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the load horizontally.
Webster 1913

Gigantic crane

  • . (Zoöl.) See Adjutant, n., 3.
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harold hart crane

  • noun United States poet (1899-1932)
    Crane; Harold Hart Crane.
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hart crane

  • noun United States poet (1899-1932)
    Crane; Harold Hart Crane.
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Jib crane

  • (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which a trolley moves, bearing the load.
Webster 1913

Numidian crane

  • . (Zoöl.) See Demoiselle, 2.
Webster 1913

Sand-hill crane

  • (Zoöl.), the American brown crane (Grus Mexicana).
Webster 1913

stephen crane

  • noun United States writer (1871-1900)
    Crane.
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Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane

  • (Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry.
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Walking crane

  • a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane.
Webster 1913

Water crane

  • a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.
Webster 1913

Whip crane, ∨ Whip purchase

  • a simple form of crane having a small drum from which the load is suspended, turned by pulling on a rope wound around larger drum on the same axle.
Webster 1913

Whooping crane

  • noun rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
    Grus americana; whooper.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. The species was reduced by hunting to several dozen in the 1960's and the numbers have been slowly rising since.
Webster 1913