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Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

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..

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut..

Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..

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..

Intersecant :: Intersecant (a.) Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.

Transatlantic :: Transatlantic (a.) Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin..

Intercrossing :: Intercrossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercros.

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..

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

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..

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..

Sable :: Sable (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

Byard :: Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

Slow :: Slow (v. i.) To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge..

Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..

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

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