- crancstæf
- m (-es/-stafas) weaving implement, crank
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
crancstæf
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crank — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cranke, from Old English cranc (as in crancstæf, a weaving instrument); probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick more at cringe Date: 13th century 1. a bent part of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at … New Collegiate Dictionary
Crank (person) — Crank is a pejorative term used for a person who unshakably holds a belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false.[1] A cranky belief is so wildly at variance with commonly accepted belief as to be ludicrous. Cranks… … Wikipedia
crank — {{11}}crank (n.) O.E. cranc preserved in crancstæf a weaver s instrument, crencestre female weaver, spinster, from P.Gmc. base *krank , and related to crincan to bend, yield. English retains the literal sense of the ancient root, while German and … Etymology dictionary
crank — I [[t]kræŋk[/t]] n. 1) mac any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft 2) inf Informal. an ill tempered person 3) an unbalanced person who is overzealous in the advocacy of a private cause … From formal English to slang
crank — I. /kræŋk / (say krangk) noun 1. Machinery a device for communicating motion, or for changing rotary motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa, consisting in its simplest form of an arm projecting from, or secured at right angles at the end …
crank — crank1 [kraŋk] n. [ME < OE cranc , as in crancstæf, yarn comb, CRINGE, CRINKLE: basic sense “something twisted”: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a handle or arm bent at right angles and connected to a shaft of a machine, used to transmit motion or… … English World dictionary
