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crankness|ˈkræŋknɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being crank (in the different senses of the adjs.).
†1. Lustiness, vigour. Obs.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Crankness, briskness, liveliness. 1755Johnson, Crankness, 1. health; vigour.
2. Of a ship: ‘Disposition to overset’ (J.).
1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 2, I came under the Success's lee, and complained of the crankness of my ship. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) E iij, Crankness..is occasioned by having too little ballast, or by disposing the ship's lading so as to raise the centre of gravity too high.
3. = crankiness.
1890Sat. Rev. 13 Sept. 324/1 Absolute freedom from crankness, a virtue rare, indeed, in art-literature. |