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Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees..

Crossgrained :: Crossgrained (a.) Perverse; untractable; contrary.

Fyllot :: Fyllot (n.) A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also called gammadion, and swastika..

Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles..

Passion :: Passion (n.) A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross..

Cross-stone :: Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide..

Strode :: Strid (n.) A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride..

Crossbill :: Crossbill (n.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak..

Cruciate :: Cruciate (a.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.

Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..

Crossbreed :: Crossbreed (n.) A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks..

Auger :: Auger (n.) A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge..

Forehook :: Forehook (n.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook..

Over :: Over (prep.) Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table..

Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross..

Crosstrees :: Crosstrees (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the top..

Rhumb :: Rhumb (n.) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic..

About :: About (adv.) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across..

Arblast :: Arblast (n.) A crossbow. See Arbalest.

Ogive :: Ogive (n.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

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