Crannog
(Cran"nog Cran"noge) (kr?n"n?j) , n. [From Celtic; cf. Gael. crann a tree.] One of the stockaded
islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries.
They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development
in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake.
Encyc. Brit.
Cranny
(Cran"ny) n.; pl. Crannies (- niz). [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.
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.
Cranny
(Cran"ny), a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Crantara
(Cran*ta"ra) n. [Gael. cranntara.] The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands
of Scotland.
Crants
(Crants) n. [Cf. D. krans, G. kranz.] A garland carried before the bier of a maiden. [Obs.]
Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, Her maiden strewments.
Shak.
Crapaudine
(Crap"au*dine) a. [F., n.] (Arch.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; — said of a
door.
Crapaudine
(Crap"au*dine), n. [F.] (Far.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. Bailey.
Crape
(Crape) n. [F. crêpe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of
raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the
dress of some clergymen.
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.
Pope.
Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted
in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals.
— Oriental crape. See Canton crape.
Crape
(Crape), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craped (krapt); p. pr. & vb. n. Craping.] [F. crêper, fr. L. crispare
to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See Crape, n.] To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the
hair; to crape silk.
The hour for curling and craping the hair.
Mad. D'Arblay.
Crapefish
(Crape"fish`) n. Salted codfish hardened by pressure. Kane.
