1. (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

2. (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.

3. (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.

4. (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.

5. (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.

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.

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