Definition of crossing

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Crossing (v. t.) The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean..

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Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin..
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..
Bar :: Bar (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
Window :: Window (n.) A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
Retiform :: Retiform (a.) Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye..
Crossing :: Crossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cros.
Latticing :: Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut..
Crisscross :: Crisscross (adv.) In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.
Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown..
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..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads..
Sable :: Sable (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
Viaduct :: Viaduct (n.) A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework..
Meeting :: Meeting (n.) A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers..
Windowy :: Windowy (a.) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
Netting :: Netting (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between..
Reticulated :: Reticulated (a.) Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect..
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..
Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut..
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