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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Crankness

/(kr?nk"n?s)/ · Crank·ness · IPA
01 n. Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.
  1. 1.
    Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.(Naut.)
  2. 2.
    Sprightliness; vigor; health.