cranny

A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

Down thro the Cranies of the living Walls / The Crystal Streams descend in murm'ring Falls

[H]e peep'd into every Cranny; ſometimes he admir'd the Beauty of the Architecture, and the vaſt Solidity of the Maſon's VVork; at other Times he commended the Symmetry and Proportion of the Rooms.

A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

To break into, or become full of, crannies.

The ground did cranie everie where and light did pierce to hell.

To haunt or enter by crannies.

All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.

A clerk writing English.

A member of the East Indians, or mixed-race people, from among whom English copyists were chiefly recruited.