Definition of cross

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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..

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Gnarled :: Gnarled (a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
Transversal :: Transversal (a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line..
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher)..
Batardeau :: Batardeau (n.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall..
Stemson :: Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step..
Churlish :: Churlish (a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
Rood :: Rood (n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Tumpline :: Tumpline (n.) A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back.
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Arcubalister :: Arcubalister (n.) A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..
Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment..
Varix :: Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars..
Spica :: Spica (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley..
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..
Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.
Crunode :: Crunode (n.) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a..
Cross-pawl :: Cross-pawl (n.) Same as Cross-spale.
Sill :: Sill (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
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