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crannying

crannying is the present participle and gerund of cranny.

Meaning of cranny

Verb

cranny (third-person singular simple present crannies, present participle crannying, simple past and past participle crannied)

  1. (intransitive) To break into, or become full of, crannies.
    • The ground did cranie everie where and light did pierce to hell.1567, Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamophoses; Bk. 2, line 333
  2. (intransitive) To haunt or enter by crannies.
    • All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, (please specify the stanza number)

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Questions about crannying

What is crannying the present participle and gerund of?
Crannying is the present participle and gerund of cranny.

Words near crannying in the dictionary

  1. crannog
  2. crannoge
  3. crannoges
  4. crannogs
  5. cranny
  6. crannying
  7. crano
  8. cranoglanidid
  9. cranoglanidids
  10. Cranor
  11. Cranors

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