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Draglink :: Draglink (n.) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.

Crankness :: Crankness (n.) Sprightliness; vigor; health.

Cranked :: Cranked (a.) Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle..

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact..

Crankness :: Crankness (n.) Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.

Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).

Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank..

Crank :: Crank (n.) Sick; infirm.

Crank :: Crank (n.) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage..

Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank..

Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys..

Web :: Web (n.) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.

Crankle :: Crankle (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle..

Quartering :: Quartering (a.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other..

Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Crank :: Crank (n.) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Winch :: Winch (n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc..

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