Crane
(n.) A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. |
Crane
(n.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. |
Crane
(n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc. |
Crane
(n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. |
Crane
(n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. |
Crane
(n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. |
Crane
(v. t.) To cause to rise |
Crane
(v. t.) To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck |
Crane
(v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better |
Crane's-bill
(n.) The geranium |
Crane's-bill
(n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
Goliath beetle
() Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles. |
Portal
(n.) A door or gate |
Portal
(n.) The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions. |
Portal
(n.) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment. |
Portal
(n.) By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church. |
Portal
(n.) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces. |
Portal
(n.) A prayer book or breviary |
Portal
(a.) Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver |
Renal-portal
(a.) Both renal and portal. See Portal. |
Water crane
() A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive. |