a. Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Crannies [ F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word). ] 1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He peeped into every cranny. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Crannied p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying. ] 1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ground did cranny everywhere. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. [ 1913 Webster ]

All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]