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Cross-crosslet :: Cross-crosslet (n.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses..

Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.

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

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself..

Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..

Spica :: Spica (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley..

Overland :: Overland (adv.) By, upon, or across, land..

Xenogamy :: Xenogamy (n.) Cross fertilization.

Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage..

Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.

Cramponee :: Cramponee (a.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.

Elvan :: Elvan (a.) Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course..

Arblast :: Arblast (n.) A crossbow. See Arbalest.

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..

Di- :: Di- () A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc..

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature..

Groin :: Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.

Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..

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

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