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crannied

[ kran-eed ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1400–50, crannied is from the late Middle English word cranyyd. See cranny, -ed ³

On the west, a perpendicular mole, crannied like an old ruin, lifts itself straight up towards the sky.

It recalls Victor Hugo's precipice with its single crannied rose in full bloom.

Flower in the crannied wall,I pluck you out of the crannies.Tennyson.

A 'flower in the crannied wall' in that 'pure water' sand-pile in New Mexico.

Then a hissing ensued, and a roll of shingle, and the water poured huddling and lappeting back from the chine itself had crannied.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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