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cranked, ppl. a.|kræŋkt|
[f. crank n. and v.]
†1. ? Twisted, crooked, tortuous. (In quot. fig.)
1550Bale Image Both Ch. C j b, The most cranked vylynesse of oure synnes.
†2. Crinkled, wrinkled. Obs. (Cf. crank v.1 2.)
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Cranked shells or Stones, wrinkled or wreathed.
3. Formed into or furnished with a crank. cranked tool (in Wood-turning): see quot. 1881.
1862Smiles Engineers III. 102 The mechanical skill of the country was not equal to the task of forging cranked axles. c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 252/2 The..action resembles that of a double-cranked..steam-engine. 1881Mechanic §569 Cranked or internal tools..are used for turning recesses in a piece of wood. 1885Bazaar 30 Mar. 1273/1 Humber bicycle..cranked handles.
4. Aeronaut. Of an aircraft wing or an aircraft with such a wing: see quot. 1959.
1939War Illustr. 18 Nov. 295 It [sc. the Junker 87] has a distinctive ‘cranked’ wing. 1959F. D. Adams Aeronaut Dict. 52 Cranked wing, a wing whose spanwise axis abruptly departs from a straight line, as seen either in planform or in a vertical plane. A gull wing is one form of cranked wing. 1961Flight LXXX. 396/1 The cranked delta has four lift engines in the centre. |