ppl. a. [f. CRANK sb. and v.]
† 1. ? Twisted, crooked, tortuous. (In quot. fig.)
1550. Bale, Image Both Ch., C j b. The most cranked vylynesse of oure synnes.
† 2. Crinkled, wrinkled. Obs. (Cf. CRANK v.1 2.)
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Cranked shells or Stones, wrinkled or wreathed.
3. Formed into or furnished with a crank. Cranked tool (in Wood-turning): see quot. 1881.
1862. Smiles, Engineers, III. 102. The mechanical skill of the country was not equal to the task of forging cranked axles.
c. 1865. J. Wylde, in Circ. Sc., I. 252/2. The action resembles that of a double-cranked steam-engine.
1881. Mechanic, § 569. Cranked or internal tools are used for turning recesses in a piece of wood.
1885. Bazaar, 30 March, 1273/1. Humber bicycle cranked handles.