To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
To form on a cramp.
To affect with cramps or spasms.
To prohibit movement or expression of.
To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
To bind together; to unite.
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.