An archaic or dialectal spelling of 'cranny,' meaning a small narrow crack or crevice.
Variant spelling of cranny, which comes from Old French 'cren' (notch). This older spelling represents how English spelling was less standardized in earlier centuries.
The shift from 'crany' to 'cranny' shows how English standardized its spelling—both forms existed together until printers and dictionaries gradually settled on 'cranny' as the official version.
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