Vocabulary : Crandall to Cranioclast
Crandall : A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc. ;; To dress with a crandall.Crane : A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. ;; A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. ;; A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick. ;; An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. ;; A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. ;; A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. ;; To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. ;; To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully. ;; to
Craned : of Crane
Crane's-bill : The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. ;; A pair of long-beaked forceps.
Crang : See Krang.
