*cram*

v. i. 1. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gluttony . . . .
Crams, and blasphemes his feeder. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of cramming. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Cramp, a., difficult. ] 1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A word rhyming with another word. [ 1913 Webster ]

His similes in order set
And every crambo he could get. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. cramoisi crimson. See Crimson. ] Crimson. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See Grape. ] 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Masonry) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Carp.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Med.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Cramp bone, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. “He could turn cramp bones into chess men.” Dickens. --
Cramp ring, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cramped (krămt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Cramping. ] 1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by ignorance. Layard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, to bind together; to unite. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To afflict with cramp. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the gout cramps my joints. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Cramp, n. ] Knotty; difficult. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Care being taken not to add any of the cramp reasons for this opinion. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub (Viburnum opulus) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries.
Syn. -- guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, cranberry-tree, Viburnum opulus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. inconveniently small; restricting movement; -- of living quarters or workspace; as, cramped quarters; a cramped office.
Syn. -- constricted, inconvenient, uncomfortably small. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Cramp, n. ] 1. (Mil.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [ Written also crampit and crampette. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the plates of iron, with attached spikes, forming a pair of crampoons; hence (Curling), an iron plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Cramp, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) See Crampet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Crampoons. ] 1. (Bot.) An aërial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a device with pointed metal projections worn over the shoes to provide traction when walking over ice, or in mountaineering; -- usually used in the plural. [ PJC ]

3. same as crampoon. [ PJC ]

a. [ F. cramponné. See Crampoons. ] (Her.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. crampon, fr. OHG. chramph crooked; akin to G. krampf cramp. See Cramp, n., and cf. Crampon. ] 1. A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Affected with cramp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Productive of, or abounding in, cramps. “This crampy country.” Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the art of tying knots in patterns. [ PJC ]

2. a coarse lace, made by weaving and knotting cords; macrame lace. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sacramentum an oath, a sacred thing, a mystery, a sacrament, fr. sacrare to declare as sacred, sacer sacred: cf. F. sacrement. See Sacred. ] 1. The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll take the sacrament on't. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud . . . and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sacrament, Eucharist. -- Protestants apply the term sacrament to baptism and the Lord's Supper, especially the latter. The R. Cath. and Greek churches have five other sacraments, viz., confirmation, penance, holy orders, matrimony, and extreme unction. As sacrament denotes an oath or vow, the word has been applied by way of emphasis to the Lord's Supper, where the most sacred vows are renewed by the Christian in commemorating the death of his Redeemer. Eucharist denotes the giving of thanks; and this term also has been applied to the same ordinance, as expressing the grateful remembrance of Christ's sufferings and death. “Some receive the sacrament as a means to procure great graces and blessings; others as an eucharist and an office of thanksgiving for what they have received.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bind by an oath. [ Obs. ] Laud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which relates to a sacrament. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bound by a sacrament. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sacramental host of God's elect. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sacramental manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. sacramentarius: cf. F. sacramentaire. ] 1. (Eccl.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ries [ LL. sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire. ] 1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To administer the sacraments. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Both to preach and sacramentize. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scrammed p. pr. & vb. n. Scramming ] to leave; to go away; used mostly as an impolite command to a person to go away from a specific location. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scrammed p. pr. & vb. n. Scramming ] to shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency. [ PJC ]

n. the rapid shut down of a nuclear reactor, as in an emergency. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scrambled p. pr. & vb. n. Scrambling ] [ Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf. Scrabble. ] 1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of other care they little reckoning make,
Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scarcity [ of money ] enhances its price, and increases the scramble. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eggs of which the whites and yolks are stirred together while cooking, or eggs beaten slightly, often with a little milk, and stirred while cooking. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A greedy and unceremonious contestant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Pref. tri- + sacramentarian. ] (Eccl.) One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament. [ 1913 Webster ]