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Draglink :: Draglink (n.) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.

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

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

Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank..

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

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

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

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

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..

Gatling Gun :: Gatling gun () An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired..

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

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

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

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact..

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

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

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.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc..

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..

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