Cranny — Defs

01 n. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

pl. Crannies ((-nĭz))

1.
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
“In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies.” — Dryden.

“He peeped into every cranny.” — Arbuthnot.
2.
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.(Glass Making)

02 v. i. To crack into, or become full of, crannies.

imp. & p. p. Crannied; p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying

1.
To crack into, or become full of, crannies.[R.]
“The ground did cranny everywhere.” — Golding.
2.
To haunt, or enter by, crannies.
“All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.” — Byron.

03 a. Quick; giddy; thoughtless.