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  1. 1. n. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. Source: opted
  5. 5. a. Quick; giddy; thoughtless. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a long narrow depression in a surface Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall) Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. Dryden. He peeped into every cranny. Arbuthnot. 2. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc. 1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.] The ground did cranny everywhere. Golding. 2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. All tenantless, save to the cranning wind. Byron. Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Source: webster
  9. 9. n:100 n. a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall) Source: ecdict

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