Definition of cramp

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Cramp (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc..

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Cramponee :: Cramponee (a.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.
Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg..
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical..
Poky :: Poky (a.) Confined; cramped.
Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement..
Cramp :: 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..
Crampfish :: Crampfish (n.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo..
Crampy :: Crampy () Affected with cramp.
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting..
Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) to bind together; to unite.
Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..
Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron..
Dogtie :: Dogtie (n.) A cramp.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To afflict with cramp.
Crampon :: Crampon (n.) An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy..
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