Definition of cross

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Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.

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Croys :: Croys (n.) See Cross, n..
Ring-tailed :: Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
Mugweed :: Mugweed (n.) A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); -- called also crossweed.
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
Cancelli :: Cancelli (v. t.) An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window..
Goal :: Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts..
Sill :: Sill (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
Barb :: Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..
Cross-bearer :: Cross-bearer (n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
Groin :: Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The sign of the cross.
Cross :: Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind..
Netting :: Netting (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between..
Set-off :: Set-off (n.) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite..
Trellis :: Trellis (n.) A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants..
Bandolier :: Bandolier (n.) A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt..
''snails :: 'Snails (interj.) God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body)..
Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.
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