\Cran"ny\ (kr[a^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Crannies} (-n[i^]z).
[F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).]
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.

\Cran"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crannied} (-n?d); 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.

\Cran"ny\, a. [Perh. for cranky. See {Crank}, a. ]
Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.