To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking. / (idiomatic) To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something. / To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote.

Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.

To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.

(obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.

(obsolete) A crack; a boast.

Pagurus bernhardus (common hermit crab), of Europe. / Coenobita clypeatus (Caribbean hermit crab). / Dotilla myctiroides, a true crab from South-east Asia.

plural of craft

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of craft

Skill in deception, slyness

plural of crape myrtle