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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Crane v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craned p. pr. & vb. n. Craning.]
 1. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. [R.]
    What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens.   --Bates.
    An upstart craned up to the height he has.   --Massinger.
 2. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
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