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Subtepid :: Subtense (a.) A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc..

Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..

Meridian :: Meridian (a.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday.

Line :: Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below)..

Crossette :: Crossette (n.) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

Intransgressible :: Intransgressible (a.) Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passes over or crossed.

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Crutched :: Crutched (a.) Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.

Cross :: Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it..

Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course..

Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..

Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair)..

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

Crossbill :: Crossbill (n.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak..

Cross :: Cross (v. i.) To be inconsistent.

Over :: Over (adv.) From inside to outside, above or across the brim..

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..

Transit :: Transit (n.) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary..

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