Crank

1. n. To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
2. n. A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.
3. n. Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
4. n. A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
5. n. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
6. n. A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
7. n. A sick person; an invalid.
8. n. Sick; infirm.
9. n. Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
10. n. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.