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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a
hindrance. |
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A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold
together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. |
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A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for
compressing the joints of framework, etc. |
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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. |
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A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle
or muscles, as of the leg. |
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To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and
contract; to hinder. |
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To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. |
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to bind together; to unite. |
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To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. |
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To afflict with cramp. |
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Knotty; difficult. |
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