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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..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..

Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.

Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

Over :: Over (adv.) From inside to outside, above or across the brim..

Browpost :: Browpost (n.) A beam that goes across a building.

Cuckold''s Knot :: Cuckold's knot () A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck..

Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

Cross :: Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below)..

Crucigerous :: Crucigerous (a.) Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross.

Line :: Line (n.) The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line..

Cross-pawl :: Cross-pawl (n.) Same as Cross-spale.

Metagnathous :: Metagnathous (a.) Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill..

Arcubalist :: Arcubalist (n.) A crossbow.

Portiere :: Portiere (n.) A curtain hanging across a doorway.

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

''snails :: 'Snails (interj.) God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body)..

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..

Trabeculate :: Trabeculate (a.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem..

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