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Definition of crank
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Crank (n.) Full of
spirit;
brisk;
lively;
sprightly;
overconfident;
opinionated.
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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..
Crank
::
Crank (n.) A
person
full of
crotchets;
one given to
fantastic
or
impracticable
projects;
one whose
judgment
is
perverted
in
respect
to a
particular
matter.
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..
Web
::
Web (n.) The arm of a crank
between
the shaft and the
wrist.
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..
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.
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..
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..
Crankness
::
Crankness
(n.)
Sprightliness;
vigor;
health.
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..
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..
Quartering
::
Quartering
(a.) At right
angles,
as the
cranks
of a
locomotive,
which are in
planes
forming
a right angle with each
other..
Scranky
::
Scranky
(a.) Thin; lean.
Stiff
::
Stiff
(superl.)
Bearing
a press of
canvas
without
careening
much; as, a stiff
vessel;
--
opposed
to
crank..
Crankbird
::
Crankbird
(n.) A small
European
woodpecker
(Picus
minor).
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.
Counterbalance
::
Counterbalance
(n.) A mass of metal in one side of a
driving
wheel or fly
wheel,
to
balance
the
weight
of a crank pin, etc., on the
opposite
side of the
wheel.
Cranky
::
Cranky
(a.) Full of
spirit;
crank.
Crank
::
Crank (n.) Sick;
infirm.
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