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Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room..

Cruciferous :: Cruciferous (a.) Bearing a cross.

Avellane :: Avellane (a.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross..

Bandolier :: Bandolier (n.) A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt..

Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate..

Transient :: Transient (a.) Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure..

Pommette :: Pommette (a.) Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.

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

Cross :: 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..

Croys :: Croys (n.) See Cross, n..

Tace :: Tace (n.) The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n..

Macle :: Macle (n.) Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite.

Labarum :: Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard..

Line :: Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column..

Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course..

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..

Y :: Y (n.) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.

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..

Crosspiece :: Crosspiece (n.) A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.

Forestaff :: Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff..

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