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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..

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

Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..

Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..

Passionist :: Passionist (n.) A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross..

Hyparterial :: Hyparterial (a.) Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Cancellate :: Cancellate (v. t.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles..

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them..

Crossbreed :: Crossbreed (n.) Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..

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

Tut :: Tut (n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.

Snarl :: Snarl (v. i.) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms..

Ring-tailed :: Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.

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

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..

Crossruff :: Crossruff (n.) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw..

Arbalist :: Arbalist (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc..

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

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