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

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

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

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

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

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

Crankiness :: Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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