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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..

Intercrossing :: Intercrossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercros.

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

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..

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..

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.) A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.

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

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

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

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..

Slow :: Slow (v. i.) To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge..

Crossing :: Crossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cros.

Saltirewise :: Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center..

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut..

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

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..

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

Hatching :: Hatching (n.) A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching..

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