crannied

[ kran-eed ]

/ ˈkræn id /

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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

un·cran·nied, adjective

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.
The Call of the Wildflower|Henry S. Salt
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