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Verb: cranch
Usage: archaic
  1. Press or grind with a crushing noise
    "He cranched the ice cubes between his teeth";
    - crunch, craunch [archaic], grind, scrunch

Derived forms: cranched, cranches, cranching

Type of: press

Encyclopedia: Cranch, William