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CRANE, n. [Gr., the plant, cranes-bill.]

1. A migratory fowl of the genus Ardea, belonging to the grallic order. The bill is straight, sharp and long, with a furrow from the nostrils towards the point; the nostrils are linear, and the feet have four toes. These fowls have long legs, and a long neck, being destined to wade and seek their food among grass and reeds in marshy grounds. The common crane is about four feet in length, of a slender body, with ash-coloured feathers.

2. A machine for raising great weights, consisting of a horizontal arm, or piece of timber, projecting from a post, and furnished with a tackle or pulley.

3. A siphon, or crooked pipe for drawing liquors out of a cask.


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CRANE, n. [Gr., the plant, cranes-bill.]

1. A migratory fowl of the genus Ardea, belonging to the grallic order. The bill is straight, sharp and long, with a furrow from the nostrils towards the point; the nostrils are linear, and the feet have four toes. These fowls have long legs, and a long neck, being destined to wade and seek their food among grass and reeds in marshy grounds. The common crane is about four feet in length, of a slender body, with ash-coloured feathers.

2. A machine for raising great weights, consisting of a horizontal arm, or piece of timber, projecting from a post, and furnished with a tackle or pulley.

3. A siphon, or crooked pipe for drawing liquors out of a cask.

CRANE, n. [Sax. cran; G. krahn; D. kraan; Sw. kran, or trana; Dan. krane, or trane; W. garan; Corn. krana; Arm. garan; Gr. γερανος, whence geranium, the plant, crane's-bill. The word in Welsh signifies a shank or shaft, a crane or heron. This fowl then may be named from its long legs. Qu. קרן, to shoot.]

  1. A migratory fowl of the genus Ardea, belonging to the grallic order. The bill is straight, sharp and long, with a furrow from the nostrils toward the point; the nostrils are linear, and the feet have four toes. These fowls have long legs, and a long neck, being destined to wade and seek their food among grass and reeds in marshy grounds. The common crane is about four feet in length, of a slender body.
  2. A machine for raising great weights, consisting of a horizontal arm, or piece of timber, projecting from a post, and furnished with a tackle or pulley.
  3. A siphon, or crooked pipe for drawing liquors out of a cask.

Crane
  1. A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.

    * The common European crane is Grus cinerea. The sand-hill crane (G. Mexicana) and the whooping crane (G. Americana) are large American species. The Balearic or crowned crane is Balearica pavonina. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons and cormorants.

  2. To cause to rise] to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.

    [R.]

    What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens.
    Bates.

    An upstart craned up to the height he has.
    Massinger.

  3. to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.

    Beaconsfield. Thackeray.

    The passengers eagerly craning forward over the bulwarks.
    Howells.

  4. Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight.
  5. A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
  6. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.

    G. Eliot.
  7. The American blue heron (Ardea herodias).

    [Local, U. S.]
  8. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.
  9. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
  10. A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.

    Crane fly (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus Tipula. -- Derrick crane. See Derrick. -- Gigantic crane. (Zoöl.) See Adjutant, n., 3. -- Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane (Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry. -- Water crane, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.

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Crane

CRANE, noun [Gr., the plant, cranes-bill.]

1. A migratory fowl of the genus Ardea, belonging to the grallic order. The bill is straight, sharp and long, with a furrow from the nostrils towards the point; the nostrils are linear, and the feet have four toes. These fowls have long legs, and a long neck, being destined to wade and seek their food among grass and reeds in marshy grounds. The common crane is about four feet in length, of a slender body, with ash-coloured feathers.

2. A machine for raising great weights, consisting of a horizontal arm, or piece of timber, projecting from a post, and furnished with a tackle or pulley.

3. A siphon, or crooked pipe for drawing liquors out of a cask.

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