Cramp Synonyms & Definitions

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• CrampDefinition & Meaning in English

(v. t.) to bind together; to unite.
(v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
(n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
(n.) A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
(n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
(v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
(v. t.) To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
(n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
(n.) Knotty; difficult.
(n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
(v. t.) To afflict with cramp.
(n.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writers cramp; milkers cramp, etc.

• CrampfishDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.

• CrampetDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
(n.) an iron plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.
(n.) One of the plates of iron, with attached spikes, forming a pair of crampoons