Crampet to Craps
Crampet
(Cram"pet) n. [See Cramp,n.] (Mil.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
[Written also crampit and crampette.]
Crampfish
(Cramp"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric
shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.
Cramp iron
(Cramp" i`ron) See Cramp, n., 2.
Crampit
(Cram"pit) n. (Mil.) See Crampet.
Crampon
(||Cram"pon) n. [F. See Crampoons.] (Bot.) An aërial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
Cramponee
(Cram`po*nee") a. [F. cramponné. See Crampoons.] (Her.) Having a cramp or square
piece at the end; — said of a cross so furnished.
Crampoons
(Cram*poons") 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.
2. Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold.
Crampy
(Cramp"y)
1. Affected with cramp.
2. Productive of, or abounding in, cramps. "This crampy country." Howitt.
Cran
(Cran Crane) (kran), n. [Scot., fr. Gael. crann.] A measure for fresh herrings, — as many as
will fill a barrel. [Scot.] H. Miller.
Cranage
(Cran"age) n. [See Crane.]
1. The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.
2. The money or price paid for the use of a crane.
Cranberry
(Cran"ber*ry) n.; pl. Cranberries (- riz). [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring
when the cranes return. Dr. Prior.] (Bot.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry
tree is a species of Viburnum and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
Cranch
(Cranch) v. t. See Craunch.
Crane
(Crane) n. [AS. cran; akin to D. & LG. craan, G. kranich, krahn Gr. ge`ranos, L. grus, W. &
Armor. garan, OSlav. zeravi, Lith. gerve, Icel. trani, Sw. trana, Dan. trane. &radic24. Cf. Geranium.]
1. (Zoöl.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight
bill, and long legs and neck.
The common European crane is Grus cinerea. The sand-hill crane (G. Mexicana) and the whooping
crane (G. Americana) are large American species. The Balearic or crowned crane is Balearica pavonina.
The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons and cormorants.
