| Frampoid | { , a. [ Also written frampul, frampled, framfold. ] [ Cf. W. fframfol passionate, ffrom angry, fretting; or perh. akin to E. frump. ] Peevish; cross; vexatious; quarrelsome. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Is Pompey grown so malapert, so frampel? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Frampel |
| Crampon | ‖n. [ F. See Crampoons. ] 1. (Bot.) An aërial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. a device with pointed metal projections worn over the shoes to provide traction when walking over ice, or in mountaineering; -- usually used in the plural. [ PJC ] 3. same as crampoon. [ PJC ] |
