To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
Help; assistance; succor, relief.
An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
A helper; an assistant.
An exchequer loan.
Something which helps; a material source of help.
A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
To bind together; to unite.
(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
To form on a cramp.
To affect with cramps or spasms.
To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
To prohibit movement or expression of.
To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
That which confines or contracts.
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.