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windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. Of Derrick.

The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. Dr. Prior.

A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. [Scot.] H. Miller.

The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.

A massive crane with an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.

A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.

cies of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

orca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. Balearic crane. (Zoöl.) See Crane.

That which is bred or produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman.

The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]

The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.

t of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch. Totten.

To cry like a crane. [Obs.] "The crane crunketh." Withals (1608).

A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.

he genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs.

A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit. (b) pl.

The Numidian crane (Antropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.

or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building. Derrick crane, a combination of the derrick and the crane, having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the load horizontally.

A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. Knight.