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Cross-reading :: Cross-reading (n.) The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas..

Meridian :: Meridian (a.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday.

Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.

Transfluent :: Transfluent (a.) Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream..

Crossbeak :: Crossbeak (n.) Same as Crossbill.

Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write..

Transverse :: Transverse (a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal..

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

Trajection :: Trajection (n.) The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission..

Trabeculate :: Trabeculate (a.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem..

Emplecton :: Emplecton (n.) A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders..

Rode :: Rode (n.) See Rood, the cross..

Calvary :: Calvary (n.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary..

Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

Zamang :: Zamang (n.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree..

Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A strap that runs across a horse's breast.

Crossrow :: Crossrow (n.) The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

Bierbalk :: Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals..

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