Cram

A cant term used at the English universities to denote all desultory knowledge pertaining to cla ical matters other than that acquired by composition and translation. ( Manf . ) In weaving, a warp of more than two threads. v. a. [A.S. crammian; Du. krammen, to cramp; Icel. kram, to beat small; Swed. and Goth. krama , to pre together; probably of the same origin as ram.] To thrust in by force; to pre or drive, particularly in filling or thrusting one thing into another; to crowd; to stuff; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a theatre with people. (Often preceding up .) IMG:content-0407.png:[blocks in formation] (Arch . ) The timber ribs in arched ceilings or covers As would be cramm'd up in a sheet of paper." to which the laths are nailed for the purpose of receiv- ing the plastering. The name is also generally applied -To fill with food to satiety; to stuff to repletion. to any wood or iron substructure intended to receive an external coating. "Swinish gluttony... crams, and blasphemes his feeder." Milton. wise, in order to make it pa a narrow pa age, the parts being afterwards united. (Used at the English universities.) -v. i. To gorge; to stuff; to eat greedily, or to repletion. "The godly dame, who fleshly failings damns, Scolds with her maid, or with her chaplain crams." Pope . Craft, n. [A. S. craft ; Ger. kraft ; 0. Ger. kraft ; Icel. kraptr , power, strength; krapta , to be able; Sansk. klrip , to be capable, to accomplish.] Ability; art; dex--To prepare for public examination by an undigested and terity; skill in manual occupation; a trade; a hand i- craft; as, a brother of the literary craft . -Fraud; cunning; duplicity; artifice; guile; misapplied skill or dexterity; as, done by nefarious craft. "And this deceit loses the name of craft." - Shaks. (Naut.) A generic name for a ship or ships. "Once more on the deck I stand, of my own swift-sailing craft." Mackay . Small craft . ( Naut .) The smaller cla of ve els, as sloops, schooners, luggers, yachts, . Craft'ily, adv . In a crafty manner; artfully; cunningly.