List of synonyms from "cramped" to synonyms from "crater"
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Definition of the day : « crank »
- noun a device for revolving a shaft
- noun a person with an obsession
- noun an ill-natured person
- In this machine, the barrel was fitted with a crank, and rotated by handle.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- The crank is a person who holds views which to us seem ridiculous.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- This crank is mounted on a crankshaft carried on the metal tube M.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- Its center is drilled out and it is soldered to the crank as illustrated in Fig. 54.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- Nothing now remains to be made except the crank and the flywheel.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- "Some crank," she said, after she had mastered the sudden fear that swept over her.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- I had left my crank at the camp and my only hope seemed to be to buy or borrow one somewhere.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "You'll be walking the crank yet, Capt'n," said they, in mockery of his unsteady gait.
- Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
- These produce the heavy current necessary to crank the engine.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- "Seems to me he must have been something of a crank, too," was Davidson's comment.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad