crannied

[ kran-eed ]
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adjective
  1. having or full of crannies.

Origin of crannied

1
First recorded in 1400–50, crannied is from the late Middle English word cranyyd.See cranny, -ed3

Other words from crannied

  • un·cran·nied, adjective

Words Nearby crannied

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How to use crannied in a sentence

  • On the west, a perpendicular mole, crannied like an old ruin, lifts itself straight up towards the sky.

    A Tour Through The Pyrenees | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
  • It recalls Victor Hugo's precipice with its single crannied rose in full bloom.

    Iconoclasts | James Huneker
  • Flower in the crannied wall,I pluck you out of the crannies.Tennyson.

  • A 'flower in the crannied wall' in that 'pure water' sand-pile in New Mexico.

    Vanguards of the Plains | Margaret McCarter
  • Then a hissing ensued, and a roll of shingle, and the water poured huddling and lappeting back from the chine itself had crannied.

    Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) | Richard Doddridge Blackmore