merry. Kent. Also a boat or ship over-masted, apt to roll and in danger of oversetting ; a common sea term.
·noun Sick; infirm. II. Crank ·noun Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. III. Crank ·noun ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) Gin and water; also, brisk, pert. 2) The falling sickness. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
, or crank-sided. A vessel, by her construction or her stowage, inclined to lean over a great deal...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the ape...
A general cheat, assuming all sorts of characters; one conterfeiting the falling sickness. ...
See crank ...
Are raised coamings on a steamer's deck, to form coverings for the cranks of the engines below. ...
In steam machinery, it goes through both arms of the crank at their extremities; to this pin the con...
In a steamer. (See intermediate shaft.) ...