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Set-off :: Set-off (n.) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river..

Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment..

Across :: Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..

Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

Overpass :: Overpass (v. t.) To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits..

Crosshead :: Crosshead (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead..

Bestride :: Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold..

Centaur :: Centaur (n.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.

Three-square :: Three-square (a.) Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.

Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..

Regime :: Regime (n.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform regime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.

Decussation :: Decussation (n.) Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc..

Ferryboat :: Ferryboat (n.) A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters..

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time..

Baldric :: Baldric (n.) A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt..

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate..

Cross-spale :: Cross-spale (n.) Alt. of Cross-spal.

Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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