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

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

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

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel.

Crank :: Crank (n.) A sick person; an invalid.

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

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..

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.

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

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

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.) Sick; infirm.

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

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..

Cranky :: Cranky (a.) Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.

Organ :: Organ (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine..

Walty :: Walty (a.) Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship..

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

Crankle :: Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind..

Shaper :: Shaper (n.) A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank..

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