Definition of cross

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Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other..

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Crosscut :: Crosscut (n.) A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
Crossbeak :: Crossbeak (n.) Same as Crossbill.
Agnus Dei :: Agnus Dei () A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.
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..
Crossbite :: Crossbite (b. t.) To deceive; to trick; to gull.
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular..
Staurolitic :: Staurolite (n.) A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite..
Intercrossed :: Intercrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Intercros.
Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..
Intersect :: Intersect (v. i.) To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect..
Crossbowman :: Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
Mark :: Mark (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
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..
Tree :: Tree (n.) A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
Gland :: Gland (n.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
Crossette :: Crossette (n.) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
Crisscross :: Crisscross (adv.) In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.
Cruciferous :: Cruciferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc..
Bend :: Bend (n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base..
Trabeculate :: Trabeculate (a.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem..
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