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crannied

[kran-eed]

adjective

having or full of crannies.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English cranyyd. See cranny, -ed³

Related forms

un·cran·nied, adjective

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cranny (ˈkrænɪ)

—n , pl -nies
	a narrow opening, as in a wall or rock face; chink; crevice (esp in the phrase every nook and cranny)

[C15: from Old French cran notch, fissure; compare crenel]

'crannied

—*adj*

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"Flower in the crannied wall,
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