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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRANKNESS

n. 1. Liability to be overset, as a ship.
2. Stoutness; erectness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRANKNESS

CRANKNESS Crank "ness (krnk "ns ), n.

 

1. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.

 

2. Sprightliness; vigor; health.