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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..

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..

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

Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.

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

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..

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

Interbreed :: Interbreed (v. t. & i.) To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.

Saltirewise :: Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center..

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

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

Bull Terrier :: Bull terrier () A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.

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

Netting :: Netting (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between..

Network :: Network (n.) A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them..

Window :: Window (n.) A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

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..

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..

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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