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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..

Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other..

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively..

Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..

Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

Cross-examine :: Cross-examine (v. t.) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party..

Byard :: Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines..

Warp :: Warp (v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof..

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..

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..

Crosswise :: Crosswise (adv.) In the form of a cross; across; transversely.

Cross :: Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..

Meeting :: Meeting (n.) A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers..

Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

Cruciate :: Cruciate (a.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.

Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..

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..

Evener :: Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast..

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