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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Lattice :: Lattice (n.) Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework..
Netting :: Netting (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads..
Bridgehead :: Bridgehead (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont..
Interbreed :: Interbreed (v. t. & i.) To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Crossing :: Crossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cros.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.
Intersecant :: Intersecant (a.) Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
Meeting :: Meeting (n.) A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
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..
Windowy :: Windowy (a.) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
Latticing :: Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut..
Checker :: Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors..
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..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) The act of making the sign of the cross.
Sable :: Sable (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
Fare :: Fare (v.) The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway..
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