Definition of cross

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Cross (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.

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Patonce :: Patonce (a.) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.
Hatching :: Hatching (n.) A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself..
Tree :: Tree (n.) A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
Windowy :: Windowy (a.) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
Racket :: Racket (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games..
Cross-eyed :: Cross-eyed (a.) Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
Cross :: Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.
Bignonia :: Bignonia (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus..
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners..
Transit :: Transit (n.) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary..
Cross-purpose :: Cross-purpose (n.) A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean..
Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
Fleury :: Fleury (a.) Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. of a cross so decorated.
Cross-examined :: Cross-examined (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-examin.
Crosscut :: Crosscut (n.) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another..
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river..
Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.
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