资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cranny \Cran"ny\ (kr[a^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Crannies} (-n[i^]z).
   [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).]
   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.                      --Dryden.

            He peeped into every cranny.          --Arbuthnot.

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