Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Craned"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crane \Crane\ (kr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craned}
(kr[=a]nd); 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. --G. Eliot.

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