Definition of cross

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Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other..

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Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment..
Transfluent :: Transfluent (a.) Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream..
Stabber :: Stabat Mater () A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making the way of the cross (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c)..
Draff :: Draff (n.) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter..
Frumpish :: Frumpish (a.) Cross-tempered; scornful.
Cruciform :: Cruciform (a.) Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross.
Trajection :: Trajection (n.) The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc..
Crosspiece :: Crosspiece (n.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..
Linsang :: Linsang (n.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots..
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle..
Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel..
Bismuth :: Bismuth (n.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507¡ Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
Crossbow :: Crossbow (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock..
Crossbite :: Crossbite (b. t.) To deceive; to trick; to gull.
Mill :: Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
Crossgrained :: Crossgrained (a.) Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing..
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