Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The skull; the cranium.
  • To cause to give a dull, hollow sound.

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Examples

  • Hire a competent inspector to investigate every nook and crany.

    CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2007 2007

  • That is not to condemn every nook and crany of the UN, but it most certainly serves to condemn a great deal indeed that does take place in what was once a more elevated institution.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » HITLER’S LEGACY: ISLAMIC ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST: 2007

  • It also makes life easier in that I can use a cab instead of wait for the bus when I'm tired or crany.

    Archive 2004-09-01 2004

  • And if 'tis so strange, that your monstership's crany

    The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Jonathan Swift 1706

  • Unlike me who is soooo stiff ... i can't draw if i don't have a thumbnail sketched out; knowing every nook and crany of it!

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • *pusshes won glob of gray madder in teh frunt part ob teh crany-yum cabity*

    HALP! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • In our study of anatomy there is a mass of mysterious philosophy, and such as reduced the very heathens to divinity; yet, amongst all those rare discoveries and curious pieces I find in the fabrick of man, I do not so much content myself, as in that I find not, — that is, no organ or instrument for the rational soul; for in the brain, which we term the seat of reason, there is not anything of moment more than I can discover in the crany of a beast; and this is a sensible and no inconsiderable argument of the inorganity of the soul, at least in that sense we usually so conceive it.

    Religio Medici 2007

  • But much I wonder, why my crany Shou'd envy'd be by De-el-any:

    The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin 1768

  • I do not so much content my self, as in that I find not, there is no Organ or Instrument for the rational Soul; for in the brain, which we term the seat of Reason, there is not anything of moment more than I can discover in the crany [82] of a beast: and this is a sensible and no inconsiderable argument of the inorganity of the Soul, at least in that sense we usually so receive it.

    Religio Medici 1605-1682 1923

  • I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie in this genre get so close to the eyes of it’s characters, every wrinkle, every imperfection, every nuck and crany that makes up the face is right there to see with the ultra clear High Definition cameras that Mann once again uses.

    Matt reviews PUBLIC ENEMIES, best movie of the year so far… | Obsessed With Film 2009

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