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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cran·ny /ˈkræni/
 裂縫,裂隙

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cran·ny n.; pl. Crannies
 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. Glass Making A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cran·ny, v. i. [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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cran·ny, a.  Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cranny
      n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, crack,
            fissure, chap]
      2: a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or
         wall)