What does "cranny" mean?
Cranny: (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
Additional senses
- 2.To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.] The ground did cranny everywhere. Golding.
- 3.To haunt, or enter by, crannies. All tenantless, save to the cranning wind. Byron.
- 4.Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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