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Decoration :: Decoration (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc..

Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..

Saltire :: Saltire (v.) A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries..

Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition..

Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..

Snarl :: Snarl (v. i.) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms..

Decussated :: Decussated (a.) Crossed; intersected.

Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier..

Varix :: Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.

Netting :: Netting (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between..

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads..

Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].

Kusimanse :: Kusimanse (n.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue..

Crisscross-row :: Crisscross-row (n.) See Christcross-row.

Forehook :: Forehook (n.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook..

Counterchanged :: Counterchanged (a.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure..

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

Caponiere :: Caponiere (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway..

Sill :: Sill (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

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