crank-sided

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• Crank

  ·noun Sick; infirm. II. Crank ·noun Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. III. Crank ·noun ...

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• crank

  1) Gin and water; also, brisk, pert. 2) The falling sickness. CANT. ...

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• crank

  merry. Kent. Also a boat or ship over-masted, apt to roll and in danger of oversetting ; a common se...

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• crank

  , or crank-sided. A vessel, by her construction or her stowage, inclined to lean over a great deal...

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• Sided

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Side>>. II. Sided ·adj Having (such or so many) sides; — used in composition; a...

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• sided

  The dimensions or size of timber, the contrary way to which the mould side is placed; one side sided...

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• Bell crank

  ·- A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the ape...

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• counterfeit crank

  A general cheat, assuming all sorts of characters; one conterfeiting the falling sickness. ...

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• crank-hatches

  Are raised coamings on a steamer's deck, to form coverings for the cranks of the engines below. ...

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• crank-pin

  In steam machinery, it goes through both arms of the crank at their extremities; to this pin the con...

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• crank-shaft

  In a steamer. (See intermediate shaft.) ...

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• Bank-sided

  ·adj Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; — opposed to wall-sided. ...

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• Iron-sided

  ·adj Having iron sides, or very firm sides. ...

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• Many-sided

  ·adj Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versat...

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• One-sided

  ·adj Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers. II. One-sided ·adj Having one side only,...

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• Slab-sided

  ·adj Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank. ...

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• Three-sided

  ·adj Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, pedunc...

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• Two-sided

  ·adj <<Symmetrical>>. II. Two-sided ·adj Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical. ...

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• Wall-sided

  ·adj Having sides nearly perpendicular; — said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those ha...

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• lop-sided

  Uneven, having one side larger or heavier than the other: boys' paper kites are often said to be lop...

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• double-sided

  A line-of-battle ship painted so as to show the ports of both decks; or a vessel painted to resemble...

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• lop-sided

  Uneven; one side larger than the other. ...

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• wall-sided

  The sides of a ship continuing nearly perpendicular down to the surface of the water, like a wall. I...

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• warm-sided

  Mounting heavy metal, whether a ship or a fort. ...

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• seven-sided animal

  A one-eyed man or woman, each having a right side and a left side, a fore side and a back side, an o...

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