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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to provide cross-references in (a book or other document).
of, relating to, or derived from more than one family of languages; as, cross-linguistic evidence.
to create cross links in; -- of polymeric molecules.
same as cross-link, n.
containing cross-links; -- of polymeric molecules.
to match items from two or more lists.
to crossbreed.
relating to different sense modalities.
ability to integrate information from different sense modalities.
Same as Cross-spale.
to fertilize by transfering pollen.
fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another.
A counter or opposing purpose; a contrary aim; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
a question asked in cross-examination.
The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
to refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists.
a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work.
of or pertaining to a cross section; as, a cross-sectional slice.
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.
One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.]
An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.
A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.
See Harmotome, and Staurotide.
A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.
Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down.
Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars.
Same as Crossbill.
A girder.
a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who does not vote regularly with either the Government or the Opposition.
A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
To deceive; to trick; to gull.
A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death.
A weapon, used in discharging arrows or bolts, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.
A crossbowman.
One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.
a stretch of turbulent water in the sea.
A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.
A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
A starfish.
To flow across, or in a contrary direction.
Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely and irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.
To shade by means of crosshatching.
In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.
A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.
a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text.
The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
a person who stands at a street crossing to assist children to cross the street safely; -- usually used near schools during the times that children are entering or leaving the school.
The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.
Having the legs crossed.
Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.
Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. One of the Crossopterygii.
An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.
the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis.
An ill-natured person.
A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.
A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.
The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.
The play in bridge or whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.
Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the /top./
See Crossroad.
In the form of a cross; across; transversely.
A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.
any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.
A Turkish musical instrument.
A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.
A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.
The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.
Pertaining to the temple; temporal.
a genus of lizards of the family Iguanidae, including the collared lizards.
To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to; as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots.
Having a crotch; forked.
To play music in measured time.
Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation.
The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.
Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.
A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.
Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus Croton, or from croton oil.
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.
a genus of birds including the anis. See ani.
any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
see crottal.
A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing. See crottal.
To sign with the cross; to bless.
Marked with the sign of the cross.
See Crowd, a violin.
A crock; a jar.
An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.
A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.
Croupy.
See Crupper.
One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.
Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis.
Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough.
Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent.
Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon.
See Sourkrout.
Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc.
To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.
A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.
A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).
Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes.
A box or platform near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.
A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.
A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.
To play on a crowd; to fiddle.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated; filled to excess; as, a crowded program. Opposite of uncrowded.
One who crowds or pushes.
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