·noun Sick; infirm.
II. Crank ·noun Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
III. Crank ·noun A sick person; an Invalid.
IV. Crank ·noun Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
V. Crank ·noun A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
VI. Crank ·noun A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
VII. Crank ·noun To run with a winding course; to Double; to Crook; to wind and turn.
VIII. Crank ·noun Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
IX. Crank ·noun A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
X. Crank ·noun A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. ·see Bell crank.