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

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

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

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

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

Eye :: Eye (n.) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope..

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..

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

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

Crankiness :: Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

Bell Crank :: Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery..

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

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

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

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.

Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw..

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

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

Cranky :: Cranky (a.) Full of spirit; crank.

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