crannied
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of crannied
First recorded in 1400–50, crannied is from the late Middle English word cranyyd. See cranny, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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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
Plants Wild Flowers and Ferns Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies; Hold you here, root and all, in my hand.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam
The proceedings are superintended by a contemplative tabby cat, coiled up in a niche, like a feline flower in a crannied wall.
From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian
Just as the comprehensive explanation of 'the flower in the crannied wall' is the explanation of the whole universe, so every question is but a thin layer of ice over infinite depths.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
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