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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a long narrow depression in a surface;
[syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap]

2. a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cranny \Cran"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crannied (-n?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying.] 1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.] [1913 Webster] The ground did cranny everywhere. --Golding. [1913 Webster] 2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. [1913 Webster] All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cranny \Cran"ny\, a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cranny \Cran"ny\ (kr[a^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. Crannies (-n[i^]z). [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).] 1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. [1913 Webster] In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] He peeped into every cranny. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cranny n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] 2: a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)