Sekirov Dictionary

cranny

/ˈkɹæni/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 3

noun4

•
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
- Down thro the Cranies of the living Walls / The Crystal Streams descend in murm'ring Falls — 1697
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
(India, no longer used) A member of the East Indians, or mixed-race people, from among whom English copyists were chiefly recruited.
(India, no longer used) A clerk writing English.

verb2

•
To break into, or become full of, crannies.
- The ground did cranie everie where and light did pierce to hell. — 1567
•
To haunt or enter by crannies.
- All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. — 1812

forms

crannied · crannying · crannies

Phrases with cranny

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