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  • English Word Cramp Definition To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
  • English Word Cramp Definition to bind together; to unite.
  • English Word Cramp Definition To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
  • English Word Cramp Definition To afflict with cramp.
  • English Word Cramp Definition Knotty; difficult.
  • English Word Cramp iron Definition See Cramp, n., 2.
  • English Word Cramped Definition of Cramp
  • English Word Crampet Definition A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
  • English Word Crampfish Definition The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.
  • English Word Cramping Definition of Cramp
  • English Word Crampit Definition See Crampet.
  • English Word Crampon Definition An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
  • English Word Cramponee Definition Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.
  • English Word Crampoons Definition A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.
  • English Word Crampoons Definition Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold.
  • English Word Crampy Definition Affected with cramp.
  • English Word Crampy Definition Productive of, or abounding in, cramps.
  • English Word Cran Definition Alt. of Crane
  • English Word Cranage Definition The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.
  • English Word Cranage Definition The money or price paid for the use of a crane.
  • English Word Cranberries Definition of Cranberry
  • English Word Cranberry Definition A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.
  • English Word Cranch Definition See Craunch.
  • English Word Crane Definition A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel.
  • English Word Crane Definition A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck.
  • English Word Crane Definition A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
  • English Word Crane Definition An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.
  • English Word Crane Definition A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
  • English Word Crane Definition A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.
  • English Word Crane Definition To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.