| Cramp (cramp) |
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| n. | (kr mp) |
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| Cramp |
| [OE.
crampe, craumpe; akin to D. *** Sw. kramp,
Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe |
That which confines or contracts; a
restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
A device, usually of
iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone,
timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
A rectangular frame,
with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of
framework, etc.
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.
A spasmodic and painful
involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the
leg.
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To
compress] to restrain from free action; to confine and contract;
to hinder.
To fasten or hold with, or as with, a
cramp.
to bind together; to
unite.
To form on a cramp; as, to
cramp boot legs.
To afflict with cramp.
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A paralysis
of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp;
milker's cramp, etc.
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