Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]

            What engines, what instruments are used in craning
            up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest
            heavens.                              --Bates.

            An upstart craned up to the height he has.
                                                  --Massinger.

   2. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane
      the neck disdainfully. --G. Eliot.