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Cramp Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Cramp?
[n] a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
[n] a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued [n] a painful and involuntary muscular contraction [v] prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" [v] secure with a cramp Synonyms | Synonyms for Cramp: cramp iron | halter | hamper | muscle spasm | spasm | strangle Related Terms | Find terms related to Cramp: abate | abbreviate | abdominal epilepsy | access | ache | aching | acquired epilepsy | activated epilepsy | acute pain | affect epilepsy | affix | akinetic epilepsy | anchor | angustifoliate | angustirostrate | angustisellate | angustiseptal | annex | apoplexy | arrest | arrestation | arrestment | attach | attack | attenuate | autonomic epilepsy | belay | beyond one | bite | blockage | blocking | blow | blunt | bollix | boring pain | bottle up | box | box in | box up | burden | cabin | cardiac epilepsy | casket | cement | 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| writer's cramp Cramp In Webster's Dictionary \Cramp\ (kr[a^]mp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. &
Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel.
krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram.
See {Grape}.]
1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle;
a hindrance.
A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind.
--L'Estrange.
Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear.
--Cowper.
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.
The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs.
--Sir T. More.
{Cramp bone}, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a
charm for the cramp. --Halliwell. ``He could turn cramp
bones into chess men.'' --Dickens.
{Cramp ring}, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in
averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by
one of the kings of England on Good Friday.
\Cramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cramped} (kr?mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramping}.] 1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by ignorance. --Layard. 2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. 3. Hence, to bind together; to unite. The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. --Burke. 4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. 5. To afflict with cramp. When the gout cramps my joints. --Ford. {To cramp the wheels of wagon}, to turn the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be against the body of the wagon. \Cramp\, a. [See {Cramp}, n.] Knotty; difficult. [R.] Care being taken not to add any of the cramp reasons for this opinion. --Coleridge. \Cramp\, n. (Med.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc. |
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