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Cross-examination :: Cross-examination (n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.

Viz-cacha :: Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha..

Spale :: Spale (n.) A strengthening cross timber.

Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..

Brachioganoidei :: Brachioganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.

Intercrossed :: Intercrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Intercros.

Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.

Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary..

Hard :: Hard (n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp.

Weft :: Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.

Calvary :: Calvary (n.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary..

Patonce :: Patonce (a.) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.

Cruciate :: Cruciate (a.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.

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

Cruciferous :: Cruciferous (a.) Bearing a cross.

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them..

Trabeculate :: Trabeculate (a.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem..

Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time..

Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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