'Cranny' definitions:
Definition of 'cranny'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Cranny'
From: GCIDE
- Cranny \Cran"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crannied (-n?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying.]
- 1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The ground did cranny everywhere. --Golding. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. [1913 Webster]
- All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cranny'
From: GCIDE
- Cranny \Cran"ny\ (kr[a^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. Crannies (-n[i^]z). [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).]
- 1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. [1913 Webster]
- In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- He peeped into every cranny. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cranny'
From: GCIDE
- Cranny \Cran"ny\, a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cranny'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- alcove,
- arroyo,
- asylum,
- bay,
- bezel,
- bolt-hole,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- cache,
- canyon,
- carrel,
- cavity,
- chamfer,
- chap,
- chase,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- concealment,
- corner,
- corrugation,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- cove,
- cover,
- covert,
- coverture,
- crack,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- cubicle,
- cut,
- cwm,
- dado,
- dark corner,
- defile,
- dell,
- den,
- dike,
- ditch,
- donga,
- draw,
- dugout,
- engraving,
- excavation,
- fault,
- fissure,
- flaw,
- flume,
- flute,
- fluting,
- foxhole,
- fracture,
- funk hole,
- furrow,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gorge,
- gouge,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hole,
- incision,
- joint,
- kloof,
- lair,
- leak,
- microgroove,
- moat,
- niche,
- nook,
- notch,
- nullah,
- opening,
- oriel,
- pass,
- passage,
- rabbet,
- ravine,
- recess,
- refuge,
- rent,
- retreat,
- rifling,
- rift,
- rime,
- roomlet,
- ruck,
- rupture,
- rut,
- sanctuary,
- scissure,
- score,
- scratch,
- seam,
- secret place,
- slit,
- slot,
- snuggery,
- split,
- stash,
- streak,
- stria,
- striation,
- sulcation,
- sulcus,
- trench,
- undercovert,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- well-worn groove,
- wrinkle