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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Cramp, n. [ME. cramp, crampe (Chaucer), OF. crampe.] Cramp as an ailment. c1500 Rowll Cursing 56.
The cruke, the cramp, the colica c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 89 a/25.
Bettir is gut in feit nor cramp in handis 15.. Clariodus iii. 1516.
The crampe of death did to his heart thring c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4924.
It causis … into the handis cramp chiragra
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