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3. (Weaving) A warp having more
than two threads passing through each dent or split of the
reed.

Cram"bo (-b&osl;), n. [Cf.
Cramp, a., difficult.]
1. A game in which one person gives a word,
to which another finds a rhyme.

I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and
women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard
several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of
mirth.

Addison.

2. A word rhyming with another
word.

His similes in order set

And every crambo he could get.

Swift.

Dumb crambo, a game in which one party
of players give a word which rhymes with another, which last to
be guessed by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what
they think it to be.

Cram"mer (krăm"m&etilde;r),
n. One who crams; esp., one who prepares a
pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus
prepared. Dickens.

{ Cra*moi"sie Cra*moi"sy} (kr?-moi"z?),
a. [F. cramoisi crimson. See
Crimson.


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