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

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

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

Quartering :: Quartering (a.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other..

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..

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Crankiness :: Crankiness (n.) Crankness.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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