nd of vessel, especially for a favourite ship. Also, all manner
of nets, lines, hooks, &c., used in fishing.

CRAG. A precipitous cliff whose strata if vertical, or nearly so,
subdivide into points.

CRAGER. A small river lighter, mentioned in our early statutes.

CRAGSMAN. One who climbs cliffs overhanging the sea to procure
sea-fowls, or their eggs.

CRAIG-FLOOK. The smear-dab, or rock-flounder.

CRAIK, OR CRAKE. A ship; a diminutive corrupted from _carrack_.

CRAIL. _See_ KREEL.

CRAIL-CAPON. A haddock dried without being split.

CRAKERS. Choice soldiers (_temp._ Henry VIII.) Perhaps managers of the
crakys, and therefore early artillery.

CRAKYS. An old term for great guns.

CRAMP. A machine to facilitate the screwing of two pieces of timber
together.

CRAMPER. A yarn or twine worn round the leg as a remedy against cramp.

CRAMPETS. The cramp rings of a sword scabbard. Ferrule to a staff.

CRAMPINGS. A nautical phrase to express the fetters and bolts for
offenders.

CRAMPOON. _See_ CREEPER.

CRANAGE. The money paid for the use of a wharf crane. Also, the
permission to use a crane at any wharf or pier.

CRANCE. A sort of iron cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through
which the jib-boom traverses. The name is not unfrequently applied to
any boom-iron.

CRANE. A machine for raising and lowering great weights, by which timber
and stores are hoisted upon wharfs, &c. Also, a kind of catapult for
casting stones in ancient warfare. Also, pieces of iron, or timber at a
vessel's sides, used to stow boats or spars upon. Also, as many fresh or
green unsalted herrings as would fill a barrel.

CRANE-BARGE. A low flat-floored lump, fitted for the purpose of carrying
a crane, in aid of marine works.

CRANE-LINES. Those which formerly went from the spritsail-topmast to the
middle of the fore-stay, serving to steady the former. Also, small lines
for keeping the lee backstays from chafing against the yards.

CRANG. The carcass of a whale after being flinched or the blubber
stripped off.

CRANK, OR CRANK-SIDED. A vessel, by her construction or her stowage,
inclined to lean over a great deal, or from insufficient ballast or
cargo incapable of carrying sail, without danger of overturning. The
opposite term is _stiff_, or the quality of standing well up to her
canvas.--_Cranky_ expresses a foolish capriciousness. Ships built too
deep in proportion to their breadth are notoriously crank.--_Crank by
the ground