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Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.

Bound :: Bound (v. i.) To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain..

Cross-eyed :: Cross-eyed (a.) Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.

Phoneidoscope :: Phoneidoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations..

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

Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..

Over :: Over (adv.) From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter..

Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.

Limmer :: Limmer (n.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound..

Saltire :: Saltire (v.) A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries..

Lattice :: Lattice (n.) Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework..

Sea Devil :: Sea devil () Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox..

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

Jump :: "Jump (v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch..

Pommette :: Pommette (a.) Having two balls or protuberances at each end; -- said of a cross.

Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..

Filar :: Filar (a.) Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..

Misword :: Misword (n.) A word wrongly spoken; a cross word.

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

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