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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..

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.

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

Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

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

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

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

Bicycle :: Bicycle (n.) A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

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

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

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

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..

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..

Crankiness :: Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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