Definition of cross

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Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

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Across :: Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..
Mongrel :: Mongrel (n.) The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed..
Frumpish :: Frumpish (a.) Cross-tempered; scornful.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself..
Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely..
Hard :: Hard (n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
Reconvention :: Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
Varix :: Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..
Transit :: Transit (n.) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary..
Pommette :: Pommette (a.) Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.
Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
Overrake :: Overrake (v. t.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea..
Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The sign of the cross.
Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air..
Metagnathous :: Metagnathous (a.) Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill..
Water Shrew :: Water shrew () Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits..
Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..
Pointer :: Pointer (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
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