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The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison.

An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle.

The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. [R.]

Of or pertaining to craniology.

One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.

The department of science (as of ethnology or archæology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.

An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.

Pertaining to craniometry.

The art or act of measuring skulls.

One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy. It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. Coleridge.

Scientific examination of the cranium.

A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull.

The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.

The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.

ange circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.

A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).

Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.

Crankness. Lowell.

bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips.