What is to run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. See how this river comes me cranking in. Shak called?
crank — To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn. See how this river comes me cranking in. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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