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A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.
CRANE
n.
A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.
n.
A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.
v. t.
To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
v. i.
to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.
n.
The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane.
n.
A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
n.
One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.
n.
A traveling crane. See under Crane.
v. t.
To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.
n.
Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird.
n.
Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik.
n.
A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
n.
The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
a.
Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.
imp. & p. p.
of Crane
n. pl.
A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.
n.
Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.
v. i.
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
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.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
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