Definition of cross

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Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.

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Labarum :: Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard..
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..
Crosscut :: Crosscut (v. t.) To cut across or through; to intersect.
Musca :: Musca (n.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole.
Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars..
Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..
Crosslegged :: CRosslegged (a.) Having the legs crossed.
Crossroad :: Crossroad (n.) A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.
Prodd :: Prodd (n.) A crossbow. See Prod, 3..
Mugweed :: Mugweed (n.) A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); -- called also crossweed.
Weaken :: Weaken (v. i.) To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination..
Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..
Crosslet :: Crosslet (n.) A small cross.
Decussation :: Decussation (n.) Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc..
Crossopterygian :: Crossopterygian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii.
Crucifix :: Crucifix (n.) A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions..
Trellis :: Trellis (n.) A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants..
Cancellate :: Cancellate (v. t.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles..
Trabeculate :: Trabeculate (a.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem..
Costeaning :: Costeaning (n.) The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits..
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