cramp : Idioms & Phrases

• the patella of a sheep; formerly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens.

Webster 1913

• noun a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
  cramp.
  

WordNet

Cramp" i`ron

Definitions

1. See Cramp, n., 2.

Webster 1913

• a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday.

Webster 1913

• an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position.

Webster 1913

• noun clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
  intermittent tetanus; tetany; tetanilla; apyretic tetanus.
  

WordNet

• 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.

Webster 1913

• noun muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil
  graphospasm.
  

WordNet

• (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also scrivener's palsy.

Webster 1913