All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.
Byron.
Cran"ny, a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Cran*ta"ra (kr?n-t?"r? or -t?"r?), n. [Gael. cranntara.] The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.
Crants (krănts), n. [Cf. D. krans, G. kranz.] A garland carried before the bier of a maiden. [Obs.]
Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, Her maiden strewments.
Shak.
Crap"au*dine (kr?p"?-d?n), a. [F., n.] (Arch.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.
Crap"au*dine, n. [F.] (Far.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. Bailey.
Crape (krāp), n. [F. crŕpe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.
Pope.
Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerstr÷mia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. -- Oriental crape. See Canton crape.
Crape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craped (krāpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Craping.] [F. crŕper, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See Crape, n.] To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.
The hour for curling and craping the hair.
Mad. D'Arblay.
Crape"fish` (kr?p"f?sh`), n. Salted codfish hardened by pressure. Kane.
Crap"nel (kr?p"nel), n. A hook or drag; a grapnel.
Crap"pie (kr?p"p?), n. (Zo÷l.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie.]