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Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature..

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut..

Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..

Cross-tail :: Cross-tail (n.) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Rood :: Rood (n.) A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor..

Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.

Hip :: Hip (v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

Roussette :: Roussette (n.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings..

Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

Transvert :: Transvert (v. t.) To cause to turn across; to transverse.

Crossbred :: Crossbred (a.) Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

Linsang :: Linsang (n.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots..

Passionist :: Passionist (n.) A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross..

Decussatively :: Decussatively (adv.) Crosswise; in the form of an X.

Network :: Network (n.) Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads..

Bird''s-mouth :: Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States..

Mongrel :: Mongrel (n.) The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed..

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