cranniedadj.
/ˈkranɪd/, U.S. /ˈkrænid/, /ˈkrænəd/ 1. Having crannies or chinks.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of holes > full of chinks
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chinked1552
unchinked1879
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 100 Cranyyd, rimatus.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 137 Their hornes large cranyed, and blacke.
1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxxix. 76 As a Raine doth drench The crannied Earth.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. i. 339 A..fruit..not unlike a Citron, but somewhat rougher, chopt and cranied . View more context for this quotation
1870 Ld. Tennyson Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies.
2. Of the formation of a cranny.
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1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 157 A wall..That had in it a cranied hole or chinke. View more context for this quotation
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