·noun Knotty; difficult.
II. Cramp ·vt To afflict with cramp.
III. Cramp ·vt To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
IV. Cramp ·vt To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
V. Cramp ·vt to bind together; to
Unite.
VI. Cramp ·noun That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
VII. Cramp ·noun A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
VIII. Cramp ·noun A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, ·etc.
IX. Cramp ·add. ·noun A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, ·etc.
X. Cramp ·noun A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, ·etc.; a cramp iron.
XI. Cramp ·vt To
Compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to
Hinder.
XII. Cramp ·noun 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.