Crang (kr?ng), n. See Krang.
||Cra"ni*a (kr?"n?-?), n. [NL.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.
Cra"ni*al (kr?"n?-a]/>l), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cranium.
Cra"ni*o*clasm (kr?"n?-?-kl?z'm), n. [Cranium + Gr. &?;&?;&?; to break.] (Med.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison.
Cra"ni*o*clast (-kl?st), n. (Med.) An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.
Cra`ni*o*fa"cial (-f?"shal), a. Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle.
Cra`ni*og"no*my (-?g"n?-m?), n. [Cranium + Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;. to know.] The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. [R.]
Cra`ni*o*log"ic*al (-?-l?j"?-kal), a. Of or pertaining to craniology.
Cra`ni*ol"o*gist (-?l"?-j?st), n. One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.
Cra`ni*ol"o*gy (-j?), n. [Cranium + -logy.] The department of science (as of ethnology or archŠology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.
Cra`ni*om"e*ter (kr?`n?-?m"?-t?r), n. [Cranium + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.
{ Cra`ni*o*met"ric (-?-m?t"r?k), Cra`ni*o*met"ric*al (-r?-kal), } a. Pertaining to craniometry.
Cra`ni*om"e*try (kr?`n?-?m"?-tr?), n. The art or act of measuring skulls.
Cra`ni*os"co*pist (kr?`n?-?s"k?-p?st), n. One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy.
It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists.
Coleridge.
Cra`ni*os"co*py (-p?), n. [Cranium + -scopy.] Scientific examination of the cranium.
||Cra`ni*o"ta (kr?`n?-?t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. cranium.] (Zo÷l.) A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull.
Cra`ni*ot"o*my (kr?`n?-?t"?-m?), n. [Cranium + Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to cut off.] (Med.) The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.
Cra"ni*um (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. Craniums (-&?;mz), L. Crania (-&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;; akin to ka`ra head.] The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.
Crank (kr?nk), n. [OE. cranke; akin to E. cringe, cringle, crinkle, and to crank, a., the root meaning, probably, "to turn, twist." See Cringe.] 1. (Mach.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.