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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..

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

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

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

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

Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crankness :: Crankness (n.) Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.

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..

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

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..

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

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..

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