crannied

American  

[kran-eed] / ˈkræn id /

adjective

1. having or full of crannies.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• uncrannied
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of crannied

First recorded in 1400–50, crannied is from the late Middle English word cranyyd. See cranny, -ed ³

Example Sentences

We have this wind coming off the East River, and Robert Moses got rid of Walt Whitman's neighborhood of crannied streets, and what was left was a steppe.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2013

Upon great pedestals founded in the deep waters stood two great kings of stone: still with blurred eyes and crannied brows they frowned upon the North.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

For it seemed as if the watcher stared with his whole face, aye, and with his hands; but Fionn brooded weightedly on distance with his puckered and crannied brow.

From Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens, James

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

From Vanguards of the Plains by McCarter, Margaret Hill

I have but now Dismounted; and, from yon sequester'd cot, Whose lonely taper through the crannied wall Sheds its faint beams, and twinkles midst the trees, Have I, adventurous, grop'd my darksome way.

From André by Moses, Montrose Jonas