noun knotty; difficult.
2. cramp ·vt to afflict with cramp.
3. cramp ·vt to form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
4. cramp ·vt to fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
5. cramp ·vt to bind together; to unite.
6. cramp ·noun that which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
7. cramp ·noun a spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
8. cramp ·noun a rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, ·etc.
9. cramp ·add. ·noun a paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, ·etc.
10. cramp ·noun a device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, ·etc.; a cramp iron.
11. cramp ·vt to compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
12. 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.