Cross
Definition of Cross
Pronunciation: krǒst; 115 n. | 1. | | | 1. | A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. | | 2. | The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom. | | 3. | Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune. | | 4. | A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general. | | 5. | An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it. | | 6. | (Arch.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. | | 7. | (Her.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. | | 8. | The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. | | 9. | Church lands. | | 10. | A line drawn across or through another line. | | 11. | A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. | | 12. | (Surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. | | 13. | (Mech.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.Southern cross | (Astron.) See under Southern. |
| a. | 1. | Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. | | 2. | Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. | | 3. | Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. | | 4. | Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.Cross forked | (Her.) See under Forked. |
Cross frog | See under Frog. |
| prep. | 1. | Athwart; across. | v. t. | 1. | To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms. | | 2. | To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t. | | 3. | To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream. | | 4. | To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. | | 5. | To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with. | | 6. | To interfere and cut off; to debar.To cross me from the golden time I look for. - Shak. | | 7. | To make the sign of the cross upon; - followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself. | | 8. | To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; - usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name. | | 9. | To cause to interbreed; - said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of. | v. i. | 1. | To lie or be athwart. | | 2. | To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool. | | 3. | To be inconsistent. | | 4. | To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds. |
Related Words
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