cranny

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From its every nook and cranny, the Alhambra quietly speaks.

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  1. noun A small opening, as in a wall or rock face; a crevice.

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  • “Does this have a secret drawer No.” He checked every possible nook and cranny, then shifted to the bookshelves. —  A Gentleman's Honor
  • (AP Photo / Victor R. Caivano) (AP) - From its every nook and cranny, the Alhambra quietly speaks.
  • From its every nook and cranny, the Alhambra quietly speaks. —  The Seattle Times
  • GRANADA - From its every nook and cranny, the Alhambra quietly speaks. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • (AP) From its every nook and cranny, the Alhambra quietly speaks. —  Breaking News: CBS News
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  1. Middle English crani, perhaps alteration of Old French cren, cran, notch, from *crener, to notch.

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  1. Early modern English crannie, cranie, from Middle English crany, apparently a diminutive of *cran, from Old French cran, cren, modern F. cran (Walloon cren), masculine, Old French also crene, crenne, feminine, = Italian dial. cran, masculine, crena, feminine, a notch (cf. Old High German chrinna, Middle High German krinne, German dial. krinne = Low German karn, a notch, groove, crevice, cranny, apparently not an orig. Teutonic word); prob. from Latin crena, a notch, found in classical L. only once, in a doubtful passage in Pliny, but frequent in later glossaries: see crena, crenate, and cf. carnel, crenel, crenelle, from the same ult. source.
  2. from cranny, n.
  3. apparently a variant of canny or cranky.
  4. Origin uncertain.
 

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