Cramp
Definition of Cramp
Pronunciation: krămp | n. | 1. | That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. | | 2. | (Masonry) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. | | 3. | (Carp.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | (Med.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. | | 6. | (Med.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc. | | v. t. | 1. | To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. | | 2. | To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. | | 3. | to bind together; to unite. | | 4. | To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. | | 5. | To afflict with cramp. | | a. | 1. | Knotty; difficult. |
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