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Definition of Cranking
1. crank [v] - See also: crank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranking
Literary usage of Cranking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"If the lever is so that the gears are meshed, cranking the engine would start
the car in motion, and engines that pick up easily are liable to start and run ..."
2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"«cranking the Engine. cranking the engine is performed by the current from tbe
storage battery which flows through the series field winding, ..."
3. Questions and Answers Relating to Modern Automobile Design, Construction by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1921)
"A. The cranking operation takes place when the starting pedal is fully depressed.
... This cuts out the generator element during the cranking operation. ..."
4. The Rebellion in India: How to Prevent Another by John Bruce Norton (1857)
"... another "huge half-moon, a monstrous can tle out" is taken from their employment
by the disagreeable interlopers who come cranking in ; and the civilian ..."
5. Information edited by Harvey Elmer Phillips (1917)
"ELECTRIC cranking SYSTEM. There should be no trouble in understanding what a
cranking system is. We have only two units which are a storage battery, ..."
6. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"If the lever is so that the gears are meshed, cranking the engine would start
the car in motion, and engines that pick up easily are liable to start and run ..."
7. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"«cranking the Engine. cranking the engine is performed by the current from tbe
storage battery which flows through the series field winding, ..."
8. Questions and Answers Relating to Modern Automobile Design, Construction by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1921)
"A. The cranking operation takes place when the starting pedal is fully depressed.
... This cuts out the generator element during the cranking operation. ..."
9. The Rebellion in India: How to Prevent Another by John Bruce Norton (1857)
"... another "huge half-moon, a monstrous can tle out" is taken from their employment
by the disagreeable interlopers who come cranking in ; and the civilian ..."
10. Information edited by Harvey Elmer Phillips (1917)
"ELECTRIC cranking SYSTEM. There should be no trouble in understanding what a
cranking system is. We have only two units which are a storage battery, ..."
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