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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Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river..
Kusimanse :: Kusimanse (n.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue..
Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..
Cross :: Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above..
Hip :: Hip (v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
Cross :: Cross (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool..
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..
Cross :: Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom..
Override :: Override (v. t.) To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
Roadster :: Roadster (n.) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
Meeting :: Meeting (n.) A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers..
Latch :: Latch (n.) A crossbow.
Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
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..
Cramponee :: Cramponee (a.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.
Strabotomy :: Strabismus (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye..
Crossrow :: Crossrow (n.) The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.
Bierbalk :: Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals..
Christcross :: Christcross (n.) The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial..
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