Craned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crane \Crane\ (kr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craned}
     (kr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Craning}.]
     1. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with
        up. [R.]
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              What engines, what instruments are used in craning
              up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest
              heavens.                              --Bates.
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              An upstart craned up to the height he has.
                                                    --Massinger.
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     2. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane
        the neck disdainfully. --G. Eliot.
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