Cranny /(krăn"ny̆)/

pl. Crannies ((-nĭz))

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.

   He peeped into every cranny.

2. A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc. (Glass Making)

imp. & p. p. Crannied; p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying

1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.]

   The ground did cranny everywhere.

2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies.

   All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.

1. Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.]