Cross
This is the definition of the term Cross
Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.
Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
Cross (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.
Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.
Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.
Cross (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.
Cross (n.) Church lands.
Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line.
Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.
Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.
Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.
Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.
Cross (prep.) Athwart; across.
Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.
Cross (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.
Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.
Cross (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
Cross (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.
Cross (v. t.) To interfere and cut off; to debar.
Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.
Cross (v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name.
Cross (v. t.) To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.
Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.
Cross (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.
Cross (v. i.) To be inconsistent.
Cross (v. i.) To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.
Cross-armed (a.) With arms crossed.
Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.
Cross-bearer (n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.
Cross-bun (n.) A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
Cross-crosslet (n.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
Cross-days (n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
Cross-examination (n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.
Cross-examined (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-examine
Cross-examining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-examine
Cross-examine (v. t.) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.
Cross-examiner (n.) One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
Cross-eye (n.) See Strabismus.
Cross-eyed (a.) Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
Cross-garnet (n.) A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.
Cross-pawl (n.) Same as Cross-spale.
Cross-purpose (n.) A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
Cross-purpose (n.) A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.
Cross-questioned (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-question
Cross-questioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-question
Cross-question (v. t.) To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
Cross-reading (n.) The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
Cross-spale (n.) Alt. of Cross-spall
Cross-spall (n.) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.
Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.]
Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.
Cross-staff (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
Cross-stitch (n.) A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.
Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide.
Cross-tail (n.) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
Cross-tining (n.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.
Cross-vaulting (n.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
Cross-week (n.) Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
Source: OPTED v0.03 of Webster's Dictionary, from Project Gutenburg.
Soundex value = C620
Metaphone value = KRS
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