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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Fourche :: Fourche (a.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross..
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..
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..
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Bestride :: Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold..
Crossbeak :: Crossbeak (n.) Same as Crossbill.
Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A strap that runs across a horse's breast.
Cross :: Cross (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general..
Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The sign of the cross.
Weaken :: Weaken (v. i.) To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination..
Redirect :: Redirect (a.) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination..
Intercross :: Intercross (n.) The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants..
Intercrossed :: Intercrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Intercros.
Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin..
Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..
Crisscross :: Crisscross (adv.) With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross..
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..
Crossopterygian :: Crossopterygian (n.) One of the Crossopterygii.
Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel..
Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars..
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