See Also: retrait(2)(dictionary)
retrait(1)(dictionary)
Cramp(medicine)
Cramp(health)
cramp(1)(dictionary)
cramp(2)(dictionary)
cramp(3)(dictionary)
cramp(4)(dictionary)
cramp(encyclopedia)
cramp-iron(dictionary)

retrait(1) (iou) and cramp(3) (iou)


retrait(1) (iou)



retrait noun1 & verb.L15.
[Old & mod. French retrait (masc.), retraite (fem.) use as noun of pa. pple of retraire: see RETREAT noun. Cf. RETRAITE.]
A. noun.
= RETREAT noun 4. L15-E17.
= RETREAT noun 2. L15-M17.
= RETREAT noun 3. E16-M17.
= RETREAT noun 5. M16-M17.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Retreat, retire; resort to. M16-M17.
verb trans. Remove, take away, withdraw. L16-E17.

cramp(3) (iou)



cramp noun2. [kramp] LME.
[Middle Dutch krampe (whence German Krampe, French crampe) = Old Saxon krampo, of same ult. origin as CRAMP noun1.]
= CRAMPON 2. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
= CRAMP-IRON 2. LME.
A portable tool or press with a movable part which can be screwed up so as to hold things together. Cf. CLAMP noun1 3. M17.
fig. A constraining force or power; a cramping restraint. E18.
H. Matthews His genius was embarrassed by the cramp..of the French literary laws.
A footplate of iron etc. worn on ice to secure one's grip or, if polished, to skate on. Cf. CRAMPET 3, CRAMPON 2. E19.
crampy adjective2 restricting, confining M19.