crank-sidedadj.
Nautical.
= crank adj.2
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable
walt1539
crank-sided1626
crank1696
walty1702
over-floaty1705
lopsided1711
tender1723
innavigable1755
unseaworthy1820
sick1854
cranky1861
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 A ship cranke sided.
a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1853) II. 337 The ship..was very crank-sided, so it was conceived she was overset in a great tempest.
1658–1706 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words
1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) at Crank A Ship is said to be crank-sided when she will bear but small Sail, and lie down very much with little Wind.
1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 422/2 The ship of state at that time was a crank-sided concern.
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