cranny : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cranny	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cranny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cranny n a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cranny \Cran"ny\ (kr[acr]n"n[ycr]), n.; pl. {Crannies} (-n[icr]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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cranny \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cranny \Cran"ny\, a. [Perh. for cranky. See {Crank}, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.