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| Cross |
| [OE.
crois, croys, cros; the former fr. OF.
crois, croiz, F. croix, fr. L.
crux; the second is perh. directly fr. Prov. cros,
crotz. fr. the same L. crux; cf. Icel.
kross |
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.
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.
Affiction regarded as a test of
patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition;
misfortune.
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.
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.
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.
A common heraldic
bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration,
above.
The crosslike mark or symbol used
instead of a signature by those unable to write.
Church lands.
A line drawn across or through
another line.
A mixing of breeds or stock,
especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such
intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.
An instrument for
laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
A pipe-fitting with
four branches the axes of which usually form's right
angle.
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| Cross (cross) |
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| a. | (krs) |
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| Cross |
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Not parallel; lying or falling athwart;
transverse; oblique; intersecting.
Not accordant with what is wished or
expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting;
perverse.
Characterized by, or in a state of,
peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or
woman.
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.
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To put
across or athwart] to cause to intersect; as, to cross the
arms.
To lay or draw something, as a line,
across; as, to cross the letter t.
To pass from one side to the other of;
to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a
stream.
To pass, as objects going in an
opposite direction at the same time.
To run counter to; to thwart; to
obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.
To interfere and cut off; to
debar.
To make the sign of the cross upon; --
followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed
himself.
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.
To cause to interbreed; -- said of
different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.
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To lie or be athwart.
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.
To be inconsistent.
To interbreed, as races; to mix
distinct breeds.
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A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his
opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and
pulls him forward over his hip; hence, an unexpected defeat or
repulse.
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