Cramp

Cramp

(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.