Cross-pawl :: Cross-pawl (n.) Same as Cross-spale.

Cross-purpose :: Cross-purpose (n.) A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory..

Cross-purpose :: Cross-purpose (n.) A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas..

Cross-question :: Cross-question (v. t.) To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

Cross-questioned :: Cross-questioned (imp. & p. p.) of Cross-questio.

Cross-questioning :: Cross-questioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-questio.

Cross-reading :: Cross-reading (n.) The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas..

Cross-spale :: Cross-spale (n.) Alt. of Cross-spal.

Cross-spall :: Cross-spall (n.) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl..

Cross-springer :: Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.].

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.

Cross-stitch :: Cross-stitch (n.) A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other..

Cross-stone :: Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide..

Cross-tail :: Cross-tail (n.) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

Cross-tie :: Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place..

Cross-tining :: Cross-tining (n.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges..

Cross-vaulting :: Cross-vaulting (n.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

Cross-week :: Cross-week (n.) Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions..

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars..

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

Crossbeak :: Crossbeak (n.) Same as Crossbill.

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A girder.

Crossbeam :: Crossbeam (n.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor..

Crossbill :: Crossbill () A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit..

Crossbill :: Crossbill (n.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak..

Crossbite :: Crossbite (n.) A deception; a cheat.

Crossbite :: Crossbite (b. t.) To deceive; to trick; to gull.

Crossbones :: Crossbones (n. pl.) A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death..

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