Definition of cross

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Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.

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Crosswise :: Crosswise (adv.) In the form of a cross; across; transversely.
Hogscore :: Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
Transom :: Transom (n.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion..
Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..
Intersect :: Intersect (v. i.) To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect..
Lorettine :: Lorettine (n.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States..
Stemson :: Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window..
Dannebrog :: Dannebrog (n.) The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown..
Christcross :: Christcross (n.) The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial..
Crucial :: Crucial (a.) Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision..
Transiliency :: Transiliency (n.) A leap across or from one thing to another.
Crossroad :: Crossroad (n.) A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.
Across :: Across (adv.) From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..
Cross-spale :: Cross-spale (n.) Alt. of Cross-spal.
Redirect :: Redirect (a.) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination..
Arcubalister :: Arcubalister (n.) A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Three-square :: Three-square (a.) Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
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