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When the gout cramps my joints.

Ford.

To cramp the wheels of wagon, to turn
the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of
them shall be against the body of the wagon.

Cramp, a. [See Cramp,
n.] Knotty; difficult. [R.]

Care being taken not to add any of the
cramp reasons for this opinion.

Coleridge.

Cram"pet (kr?m"p?t), n. [See
Cramp,n.] (Mil.) A cramp
iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written
also crampit and crampette.]

Cramp"fish` (kr?mp"f?sh`), n.
(Zoöl.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch
of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and
Torpedo.

Cramp" i`ron (?`rn). See Cramp,
n., 2.

Cram"pit (krăm"p&ibreve;t),
n. (Mil.) See
Crampet.

||Cram"pon (krăm"p&obreve;n),
n. [F. See Crampoons.] (Bot.)
An aërial rootlet for support in climbing, as of
ivy.


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