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crannied

[ kran-eed ]

/ ˈkræn id /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR crannied

adjective

having or full of crannies.

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Origin of crannied

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

crank-sided, crank-up, cranky, Cranmer, crannequin, crannied, crannog, cranny, cranreuch, Cranston, Cranwell

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Example sentences from the Web for crannied

A 'flower in the crannied wall' in that 'pure water' sand-pile in New Mexico.
Vanguards of the Plains|Margaret McCarter
His mother, on a stuel, At the crannied hearth prepared his gruel.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870|Various
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
Flower in the crannied wall,I pluck you out of the crannies.Tennyson.
The Call of the Wildflower|Henry S. Salt

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

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