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Definition of crank
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of crank is as below...
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..
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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..
Draglink
::
Draglink
(n.) A link
connecting
the
cranks
of two
shafts.
Crankle
::
Crankle
(v. t.) To break into
bends,
turns,
or
angles;
to
crinkle..
Winch
::
Winch (n.) A crank with a
handle,
for
giving
motion
to a
machine,
a
grindstone,
etc..
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..
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..
Cranked
::
Cranked
(a.)
Formed
with, or
having,
a bend or
crank;
as, a
cranked
axle..
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..
Cranky
::
Cranky
(a.)
Addicted
to
crotchets
and
whims;
unreasonable
in
opinions;
crotchety.
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..
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..
Crankness
::
Crankness
(n.)
Liability
to be
overset;
-- said of a ship or other
vessel.
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..
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..
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..
Cranky
::
Cranky
(a.) Full of
spirit;
crank.
Crank
::
Crank (n.) Any bend, turn, or
winding,
as of a
passage..
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..
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