Definition of cross

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Cross (prep.) Athwart; across.

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Crosslegged :: CRosslegged (a.) Having the legs crossed.
Forehook :: Forehook (n.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook..
Mare :: Mare (n.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare..
Cock :: Cock (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
Frump :: Frump (n.) A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip..
Bang :: Bang (n.) The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn..
Crossnath :: Crossnath (v. t.) To shade by means of crosshatching.
Hemstitch :: Hemstitch (v. t.) To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief..
Overland :: Overland (adv.) By, upon, or across, land..
Cross :: Cross (v. i.) To be inconsistent.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Prodd :: Prodd (n.) A crossbow. See Prod, 3..
Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen..
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..
Holy Cross :: Holy cross () The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
Decussatively :: Decussatively (adv.) Crosswise; in the form of an X.
Studded :: Stud (n.) An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..
Cross-examining :: Cross-examining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-examin.
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