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

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

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

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

Crankiness :: Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

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..

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

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

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

Scranky :: Scranky (a.) Thin; lean.

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..

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

Gatling Gun :: Gatling gun () An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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