Cracker State. Georgia; -- a nickname. See Cracker, n. 5.
{ Crack"-loo` (?), n. Also Crack"a*loo` }. A kind of gambling game consisting in pitching coins to or towards the ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]
Cra"dle*land` (kr"d'l*lnd`), n. Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin.
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Cramp, n. (Med.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.
Cram"pet, n. One of the plates of iron, with attached spikes, forming a pair of crampoons; hence (Curling), an iron plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.
Cran"dall (krn"dal), n. [Prob. from Crandall, a proper name.] (Stonecutting) A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc. -- v. t. To dress with a crandall.
Crane, n. 1. Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight.