Definition of cross

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Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

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Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river..
Vixen :: Vixen (n.) A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman..
Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin..
Teeny :: Teeny (a.) Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
Thwart :: Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.
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)..
Knurl :: Knurl (n.) A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
Ear :: Ear (n.) Same as Crossette.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river..
Slow :: Slow (v. i.) To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc..
Stoled :: Stole (n.) A narrow band of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions..
Crossette :: Crossette (n.) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
South :: South (v. i.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine..
Crosslegged :: CRosslegged (a.) Having the legs crossed.
Hip :: Hip (v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
Groin :: Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
Kusimanse :: Kusimanse (n.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue..
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