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Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean..

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

Sable :: Sable (n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

Viaduct :: Viaduct (n.) A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework..

Reticulated :: Reticulated (a.) Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect..

Netting :: Netting (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

Crisscross :: Crisscross (adv.) In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.

Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..

Retiform :: Retiform (a.) Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye..

Lattice :: Lattice (n.) Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework..

Harrow :: Harrow (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown..

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

Interbreed :: Interbreed (v. t. & i.) To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.

Windowy :: Windowy (a.) Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.

Network :: Network (n.) A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them..

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..

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) The act of making the sign of the cross.

Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..

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