Crankness

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  • n. Liability to be overset; said of a ship or other vessel.
  • n. sprightliness; health; vigour
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.
  • n. Sprightliness; vigor; health.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being crank, in any of its senses.
    • Word Usage
    "Before leaving London Cook, who had heard it was said that he was not satisfied with the vessels chosen for the voyage, wrote to Mr. Stephens on the subject, giving his opinion that the crankness of the Resolution “was owing to the additional works that have been built upon her in order to make large accommodation for the several gentlemen passengers intended to embark in her.”"
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sprightliness    vigor    health   
    Verb Stem
    crank   
     
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