Noah Webster
Cranny
CRANNY, noun [Latin , to split; to cut off; to divide; a piece.]
1. Properly, a rent; but commonly, any small narrow opening, fissure, crevice or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
In a firm building, the cavities ought to be filled with brick or stone, fitted to the crannies.
2. A hole; a secret retired place.
He peeped into every cranny
3. In glass-making, an iron instrument for forming the necks of glasses.