Cramp

1. n. A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
2. n. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
3. n. A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
4. n. A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
5. 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.
6. v. t. To afflict with cramp.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.