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Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion..

Crank :: Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank..

Crankiness :: Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

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

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

Crank :: Crank (n.) A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.

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..

Crank :: Crank (n.) 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..

Crankle :: Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

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

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

Bicycle :: Bicycle (n.) A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

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

Cranky :: Cranky (a.) Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

Winch :: Winch (n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass..

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

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

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

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

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..

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