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

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

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..

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..

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..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

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..

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

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.

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..

Crankiness :: Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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