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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..

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

Checker :: Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors..

Latticing :: Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut..

Transatlantic :: Transatlantic (a.) Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..

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.

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

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

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..

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Intersection, as of two paths or roads..

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

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

Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..

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

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1..

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

Cancellate :: Cancellate (v. t.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles..

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

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