Bell Crank :: Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery..

Brank :: Brank (n.) Buckwheat.

Brank :: Brank (n.) Alt. of Brank.

Brank :: Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.

Brank :: Brank (v. i.) To prance; to caper.

Branks :: Branks (n.) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

Branks :: Branks (n.) A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold..

Brankursine :: Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus..

Crank :: Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank..

Crank :: Crank (n.) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage..

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.) A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion..

Crank :: Crank (n.) A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.

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

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

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..

Crank :: Crank (n.) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Crankbird :: Crankbird (n.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).

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

Crankiness :: Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

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

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

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

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

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

Cranky :: Cranky (a.) Full of spirit; crank.

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

Cranky :: Cranky (a.) Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

Disrank :: Disrank (v. t.) To degrade from rank.

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