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Shaper :: Shaper (n.) A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank..

Organ :: Organ (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine..

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

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.) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage..

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

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

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

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

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

Winch :: Winch (n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw..

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

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank..

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

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

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

Web :: Web (n.) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.

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

Walty :: Walty (a.) Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship..

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