Crank
(Crank) a. [AS. cranc weak ; akin to Icel. krangr, D. & G. krank sick, weak Cf. Crank, n.]
1. Sick; infirm. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Naut.) Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast,
or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
3. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
He who was, a little before, bedrid, . . . was now crank and lusty.
Udall.
If you strong electioners did not think you were among the elect, you would not be so crank about it.
Mrs.
Stowe.
Crank
(Crank), v. i. [See Crank, n.] To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and
turn.
See how this river comes me cranking in.
Shak.
Crankbird
(Crank"bird`) n. (Zoöl.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
Cranked
(Cranked) a. Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.
Crankiness
(Crank"i*ness) n. Crankness. Lowell.
Crankle
(Cran"kle) v. t. [Cf. Crinkle.] To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope,
Crankling her banks.
J. Philips.
Crankle
(Cran"kle), v. i. To bend, turn, or wind.
Along the crankling path.
Drayton.
Crankle
(Cran"kle), n. A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
Crankness
(Crank"ness) n.
1. (Naut.) Liability to be overset; - - said of a ship or other vessel.
2. Sprightliness; vigor; health.
Cranky
(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.
Crannied
(Cran"nied) a. Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall. Tennyson.
