Cramp(n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
Cramp(n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
Cramp(n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
Cramp(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.
Cramp(n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
Cramp(n.) Knotty; difficult.
Cramp(v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
Cramp(v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
Cramp(v. t.) to bind together; to unite.
Cramp(v. t.) To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
Cramp(v. t.) To afflict with cramp.
Cramped(imp. & p. p.) of Cramp
Cramping(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cramp
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