To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
To keep within close bounds; to confine.
To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
To prohibit movement or expression of.
(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 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.