cross : Idioms & Phrases

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Air crossing

  • a passage for air in a mine.
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bottoné

  • . See under Bottony.
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calvary cross

  • noun a Latin cross set on three steps
    Calvary cross.
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celtic cross

  • noun a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection
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Cross action

  • (Law), an action brought by a party who is sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. Burrill.
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Cross aisle

  • (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church.
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Cross and pile

  • a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails.
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Cross axie

  • . (a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press. (b) A driving axle. with cranks set at an angle of 90° with each other.
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Cross bedding

  • (Geol. ), oblique lamination of horizontal beds,
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Cross bill

  • . See in the Vocabulary.
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cross bit

  • noun a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges; used in mining
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Cross bitt

  • . Same as Crosspiece.
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Cross bond

  • a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and stretchers intervening. See Bond, n., 8.
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Cross bottony

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Cross breed

  • . See in the Vocabulary.
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Cross breeding

  • . See under Breeding.
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cross bun

  • noun moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
    cross bun.
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Cross buttock

  • a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse. Smollet.
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Cross country

  • noun a long race run over open country
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  • across the country; not by the road. "The cross-country ride." Cowper.
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cross dressing

  • noun the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex
    transvestitism; transvestism.
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Cross estoilé

  • (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having four long points only.
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cross examine

  • verb question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side
    cross examine.
    • The witness was cross-examined by the defense
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Cross fertilization

  • the fertilization of the female products of one physiological individual by the male products of another, as the fertilization of the ovules of one plant by pollen from another. See Fertilization.
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Cross file

  • a double convex file, used in dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheells.
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Cross fire

  • (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points or places, crossing each other.
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Cross forked

  • . (Her.) See under Forked.
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Cross frog

  • . See under Frog.
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Cross furrow

  • a furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the side of the field.
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cross hair

  • noun either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
    cross hair; cross wire.
    • he had the target in his cross hairs
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Cross handle

  • a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. Knight.
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cross infection

  • noun an infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility
    nonsocial infection.
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Cross lode

  • (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode.
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Cross of Calvary

  • noun a Latin cross set on three steps
    Calvary cross.
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  • . See Calvary, 3.
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cross of lorraine

  • noun a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper
    cross of Lorraine.
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cross off

  • verb remove from a list
    strike out; mark; strike off; cross off.
    • Cross the name of the dead person off the list
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cross oneself

  • verb make the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion
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cross out

  • verb remove from a list
    strike out; mark; strike off; cross off.
    • Cross the name of the dead person off the list
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cross product

  • noun a vector that is the product of two other vectors
    vector product.
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Cross purpose

  • . See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary.
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cross question

  • verb question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side
    cross examine.
    • The witness was cross-examined by the defense
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Cross reference

  • a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of.
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Cross sea

  • (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run in contrary directions.
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cross section

  • noun a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
  • noun a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
  • noun (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
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cross street

  • noun a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it
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Cross stroke

  • a line or stroke across something, as across the letter t.
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cross thwart

  • noun a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
    thwart.
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cross vine

  • noun woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
    Bignonia capreolata; quarter-vine; quartervine; trumpet flower.
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Cross wind

  • a side wind; an unfavorable wind.
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cross wire

  • noun either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
    cross hair; cross wire.
    • he had the target in his cross hairs
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Cross wires

  • noun either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
    cross hair; cross wire.
    • he had the target in his cross hairs
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  • fine wires made to traverse the field of view in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes, etc.
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cross-armed

Cross"-armed` adjective
Definitions
  1. With arms crossed.
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cross-banded

  • adjective satellite (of snakes) having crossing bands on the back
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Cross"-band`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surfase of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.
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cross-bearer

Cross"-bear`er noun
Definitions
  1. (R.C.Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
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cross-birth

Cross"-birth` noun
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Any preternatural labor, in whiche the boly of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.
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cross-bun

Cross"-bun` noun
Definitions
  1. A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
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cross-check

  • verb check out conflicting sources; crosscheck facts, for example
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cross-classification

  • noun classification according to more than one attribute at the same time
    cross-classification.
    • the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex
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cross-country

  • adverb not following tracks or roads
    • they liked to race cross-country
  • adverb across the countryside
    • the river runs cross-country
    • the road runs cross-country
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cross-country jumping

  • noun riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship
    cross-country jumping.
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cross-country riding

  • noun riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship
    cross-country jumping.
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cross-country skiing

  • noun the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill)
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cross-crosslet

Cross`-cross"let noun
Definitions
  1. (Her.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
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cross-cultural

  • adjective dealing with or comparing two or more cultures
    • a cross-cultural survey
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cross-days

Cross"-days` noun plural
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
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cross-division

  • noun classification according to more than one attribute at the same time
    cross-classification.
    • the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex
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cross-dress

  • verb dress in the clothes of the other sex
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cross-dresser

  • noun someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
    transvestite.
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cross-examination

  • noun (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination
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Cross"-ex*am`i*na"tion noun
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  1. (Low) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.
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cross-examine

Cross"-ex*am"ine transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cross-examined present participle & verbal noun Cross-examining
Definitions
  1. (Low) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. "The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses." Kent.
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cross-examiner

  • noun someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)
    cross-examiner.
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Cross"-ex*am"in*er noun
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  1. One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
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cross-eye

  • noun strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose
    convergent strabismus; cross-eye; esotropia.
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Cross"-eye` noun
Definitions
  1. See Strabismus.
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cross-eyed

  • adjective having convergent strabismus
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Cross"-eyed` adjective
Definitions
  1. Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
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cross-fertilisation

  • noun fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
    cross-fertilisation.
  • noun interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial
    cross-fertilisation.
    • the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts
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cross-fertilise

  • verb undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
    cross-fertilise.
  • verb cause to undergo cross-fertilization
    cross-fertilise.
    • Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans
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cross-fertilization

  • noun fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
    cross-fertilisation.
  • noun interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial
    cross-fertilisation.
    • the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts
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cross-fertilize

  • verb undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile
    cross-fertilise.
  • verb cause to undergo cross-fertilization
    cross-fertilise.
    • Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans
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cross-file

  • verb have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
    register.
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cross-florida waterway

  • noun a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee_Canal and the Caloosahatchee River
    Okeechobee Waterway.
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cross-garnet

Cross"-gar`net noun
Definitions
  1. A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.
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cross-grained

  • adjective satellite difficult to deal with
    contrarious.
  • adjective satellite of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel
    wavy-grained; curly-grained.
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cross-index

  • noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
    cross-index.
  • verb make an index that refers from one point to the next
    • These references are cross-indexed
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cross-leaved heath

  • noun dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers
    Erica tetralix; bell heather.
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cross-legged

  • adverb with the legs crossed
    • he sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated
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cross-linguistic

  • adjective relating to different languages
    • cross-linguistic evidence
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cross-linguistically

  • adverb by comparing languages
    • she studied the phenomenon cross-linguistically
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  • noun a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule
    cross-link.
  • verb join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein)
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cross-linkage

  • noun a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule
    cross-link.
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cross-modal

  • adjective relating to different sense modalities
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cross-pawl

Cross"-pawl` noun
Definitions
  1. (Shipbuilding) Same as Cross-spale.
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cross-ply

  • adjective of or relating to an older kind of automobile tire that had a flexible tread and relatively stiff sidewalls
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cross-pollinate

  • verb fertilize by transfering pollen
    pollenate; cross-pollinate; pollinate.
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cross-pollinating

  • verb fertilize by transfering pollen
    pollenate; cross-pollinate; pollinate.
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of cross-pollination
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cross-pollination

  • noun fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another
  • noun stimulating influence among diverse elements
    • the cross-pollination of the arts
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cross-purpose

  • noun a contrary aim
    • at cross-purposes
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Cross"-pur`pose noun
Definitions
  1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury.
  2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys.
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cross-question

  • noun a question asked in cross-examination
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Cross"-ques`tion transitive verb
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imperfect & past participle Cross-questioned present participle & verbal noun Cross-questioning
Definitions
  1. To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
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cross-questioner

  • noun someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)
    cross-examiner.
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cross-reading

Cross"-read`ing noun
Definitions
  1. The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
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cross-refer

  • verb refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists
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cross-reference

  • noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
    cross-index.
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cross-section

  • adjective satellite representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length
    cross-section.
    • cross-section views of the neck
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cross-sectional

  • adjective of or relating to a cross section
    • a cross-sectional slice
  • adjective satellite representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length
    cross-section.
    • cross-section views of the neck
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cross-sentential

  • adjective of or relating to relations between sentences
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cross-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a cross
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cross-spale

Cross"-spale`, Cross"-spall` noun (Also<
  • Cross-spale
  • Cross-spall
)
Etymology
See Spale & Spall.
Definitions
  1. (Shipbuilding) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.
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cross-springer

Cross"-spring`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. See Illustr. of Groined vault.
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cross-staff

Cross"-staff` noun
Definitions
  1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.
  2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
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cross-stitch

  • noun two stitches forming a cross or X
  • noun embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other
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Cross"-stitch` noun
Definitions
  1. A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other. "Tent and cross-stitch." Sir W. Scott. -- Cross"-stitch`, v. t. & v. i.
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cross-stone

Cross"-stone` noun
Definitions
  1. (Min.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide.
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cross-tail

Cross"-tail` noun
Definitions
  1. (Steam Engine) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
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cross-tie

Cross"-tie` noun
Definitions
  1. (Railroad) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
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cross-tining

Cross"-tin`ing noun
Definitions
  1. (Agric.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges. Crabb.
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cross-town

  • adjective satellite going or extending across a town or city
    crosstown.
    • the crosstown bus
    • crosstown traffic
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cross-vaulting

Cross"-vault`ing noun
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
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cross-week

Cross"-week` noun
Definitions
  1. Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
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crossed eye

  • noun strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose
    convergent strabismus; cross-eye; esotropia.
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crossing guard

  • noun someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing
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crossing over

  • noun the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
    crossover.
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dihybrid cross

  • noun hybridization using two traits with two alleles each
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distinguished flying cross

  • noun a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight
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distinguished service cross

  • noun a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy
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double cross

  • noun an act of betrayal
    double cross.
    • he gave us the old double cross
    • I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing
  • verb betray by double-dealing
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double-crosser

  • noun a person who says one thing and does another
    traitor; betrayer; double-dealer; two-timer.
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double-crossing

  • noun an act of betrayal
    double cross.
    • he gave us the old double cross
    • I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing
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Egyptian cross

  • . See Illust. (No. 6) of Cross.
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Fiery cross

  • a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms.
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Fire cross

  • . See Fiery cross. Obs. Milton.
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Geneva cross

  • (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.
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Grade crossing

  • noun intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
    grade crossing.
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  • a crossing at grade.
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Grand cross

  • . (a) The highest rank of knighthood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross.
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Greek cross

  • noun a cross with each of the four arms the same length
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  • . See Illust. (10) Of Cross.
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half cross stitch

  • noun a single cross stitch at a diagonal
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holy cross

Ho"ly cross"
Definitions
  1. The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Holy-cross day

  • the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.
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hot cross bun

  • noun moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
    cross bun.
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Invention of the cross

  • (Eccl.), a festival celebrated May 3d, in honor of the finding of our Savior's cross by St. Helena.
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Iron cross

  • a Prussian order of military merit; also, the decoration of the order.
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jerusalem cross

  • noun a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar
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Knights commanders, Knights grand cross

  • different classes of the Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and Companion.
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Latin cross

  • noun a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others
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  • . See Illust. 1 of Cross.
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level crossing

  • noun intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
    grade crossing.
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lorraine cross

  • noun a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper
    cross of Lorraine.
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low st andrew's cross

  • noun low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico
    Hypericum hypericoides.
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Maltese cross

  • noun Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
    Lychins chalcedonica; scarlet lychnis.
  • noun a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center
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  • . See Illust. 5, of Cross.
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Market cross

  • noun a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted
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  • a cross set up where a market is held. Shak.
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monohybrid cross

  • noun hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
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  • noun a United States Navy decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy
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northern cross

  • noun a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus
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noughts and crosses

  • noun a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
    tic-tac-toe; ticktacktoe; tick-tack-toe; ticktacktoo; tit-tat-toe.
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Papal cross

  • noun a cross with three crossbars
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  • . See Illust. 3 of Cross.
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Parallax of the cross wires

  • (of an optical instrument), their apparent displacement when the eye changes its position, caused by their not being exactly in the focus of the object glass.
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Patriarchal cross

  • noun a cross with two crossbars
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  • (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross.
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Pectorial cross

  • (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons.
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pedestrian crossing

  • noun street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
    pedestrian crossing.
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pelican crossing

  • noun an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians
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Preaching cross

  • a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
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Rebated cross

  • a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.
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reciprocal cross

  • noun hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
    reciprocal.
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Red cross

  • noun an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime
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  • . The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva cross, under Geneva.
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Rosy cross

  • . See the Note under Rosicrucian, n.
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Saint Andrew's cross

  • (a) A cross shaped like the letter X . See Illust. 4, under Cross. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub (Ascyrum Crux-Andræ, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. Gray.
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Saint Anthony's cross

  • a T -shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under Cross.
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Saint George's cross

  • (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain.
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Saint Patrick's cross

  • . See Illust 4, under Cross.
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school crossing

  • noun a pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school
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sign of the cross

  • noun a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross; used by Catholics as a profession of faith
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Southern cross

  • noun a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
    Crux; Crux Australis.
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  • . (Astron.) See under Southern.
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st andrews's cross

  • noun shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas
    Hypericum crux andrae.
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st. andrew's cross

  • noun a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length
    saltire.
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st. anthony's cross

  • noun cross resembling the Greek letter tau
    St. Anthony's cross.
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star-crossed

Star"-crossed` adjective
Definitions
  1. Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. Poetic Shak.
    Such in my star-crossed destiny. Massinger.
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station of the cross

  • noun a representation of any of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary
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stations of the cross

  • noun (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary
    Stations.
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Tau cross

  • noun cross resembling the Greek letter tau
    St. Anthony's cross.
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  • . See Illust. 6, of Cross.
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test-cross

  • noun a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
    testcross.
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To be at cross-purposes

  • to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; said of persons.
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To cross one's path

  • to oppose one's plans.
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To cross the cudgels

  • to forbear or give up the contest; a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay one cudgel over another when the contest is ended.
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To cross the line

  • to cross the equator, as a vessel at sea.
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To do a thing on the cross

  • to act dishonestly; opposed to acting on the square. Slang
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To go cross lots

  • to go across the fields; totake a short cut. Colloq.
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To take up the cross

  • to bear troubles and afflictions with patience from love to Christ.
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Victoria cross

  • noun a British military decoration for gallantry
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  • a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor to members of the British army or navy. It was first bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The recipients also have a pension of £10 a year.
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Way of the cross

  • (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7 (c).
Webster 1913

Weeping cross

  • a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence.
Webster 1913

zebra crossing

  • noun street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
    pedestrian crossing.
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