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

Winch :: Winch (n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc..

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..

Scranky :: Scranky (a.) Thin; lean.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys..

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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