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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) [[A]] device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) [[A]] rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. t.) to bind together; to unite. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (v. t.) To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (v. t.) To afflict with cramp. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (n.) Knotty; difficult. </p> <p> '''(12):''' (n.) [[A]] paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:15, 13 October 2021
Cramp [1]
(1): (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.
(2): (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
(3): (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
(4): (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
(5): (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
(6): (v. t.) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
(7): (v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
(8): (v. t.) to bind together; to unite.
(9): (v. t.) To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
(10): (v. t.) To afflict with cramp.
(11): (n.) Knotty; difficult.
(12): (n.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.
