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crampy, a.|ˈkræmpɪ|
[f. cramp n.1 + -y1.]
Characterized by or liable to cramp; suffering from cramp or a similar affection; inducing cramp; of the nature of cramp.
1551Turner Herbal i. (1568) A vj b, It is good for them that haue their neke bowyng backward by vyolence of a crampy dysease. c1811Fuseli Lect. Art v. (1848) 474 The crampy convulsions of the leg. 1858E. C. Gaskell Let. 10 May (1966) 504 We live in a queer pretty crampy house, at the back of a great farm house. a1864Howitt (quoted in Webster), This crampy country. 1888Sheffield Gloss., Crampy, rheumatic, lame. |