CROPT
CROPPED, CROPT participle passive Cut off; plucked; eaten off; reaped, or mowed.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CROSIER
CROSIER, noun1. A bishop crook or pastoral staff, a symbol of pastoral authority and care. It consists of a gold or silver staff, crooked at the top, and is carried occasionally...
CROSLET
CROSLET, noun [See Cross.] A small cross. In heraldry, a cross crossed at a small distance from the ends.
CROSS
CROSS, noun [G., Latin]1. A gibbet consisting of two pieces of timber placed across each other, either in form of a T or of an X. That on which our Savior suffered, is represent...
CROSS-ARMED
CROSS-ARMED, adjective With arms across. In botany, brachiate; decussated; having branches in pairs, each at right angles with the next.
CROSS-BAR-SHOT
CROSS-BAR-SHOT, noun A bullet with an iron bar passing through it, and standing out a few inches on each side; used in naval actions for cutting the enemys rigging.
CROSS-BARRED
CROSS-BARRED, adjective Secured by transverse bars.
CROSS-BEARER
CROSS-BEARER, noun In the Romish church, the chaplain of an archbishop or primate, who bears a cross before him on solemn occasions. Also, a certain officer in the inquisition, ...
CROSS-BILL
CROSS-BILL, noun In chancery, an original bill by which the defendant prays relief against the plaintiff.CROSS-BILL, noun A species of bird, the Loxia curvirostra, the mandibles...
CROSS-BITE
CROSS-BITE, noun A deception; a cheat.CROSS-BITE, verb transitive To thwart or contravene by deception.
CROSS-BOW
CROSS-BOW, noun In archery, a missive weapon formed by placing a bow athwart a stock.
CROSS-BOWER
CROSS-BOWER, noun One who shoots with a cross-bow.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
CROSS-EXAMINATION, noun The examination or interrogation of a witness called by one party, by the opposite party or his counsel.
CROSS-EXAMINE
CROSS-EXAMINE, verb transitive To examine a witness by the opposite party or his counsel, as the witness for the plaintiff by the defendant, and vice versa.The opportunity to cr...
CROSS-EXAMINED
CROSS-EXAMINED, participle passive Examined or interrogated by the opposite party.
CROSS-FLOW
CROSS-FLOW, verb intransitive To flow across.
CROSS-GRAINED
CROSS-GRAINED, adjective1. Having the grain or fibers across or irregular; as in timber, where a branch shoots from the trunk, there is a curling of the grain.2. Perverse; untra...
CROSS-JACK
CROSS-JACK, noun cro-jeck,. A sail extended on the lower yard of the mizen mast; but seldom used.
CROSS-LEGGED
CROSS-LEGGED, adjective Having the legs across.
CROSS-PIECE
CROSS-PIECE, noun A rail of timber extending over the windlass of a ship, furnished with pins with which to fasten the rigging, as occasion requires.
CROSS-PURPOSE
CROSS-PURPOSE, noun A contrary purpose; contradictory system; also, a conversation in which one person does or pretends to misunderstand anothers meaning. An enigma; a riddle.
CROSS-QUESTION
CROSS-QUESTION, verb transitive To cross examine.
CROSS-ROAD
CROSS-WAY, CROSS-ROAD noun A way or road that crosses another road or the chief road; an obscure path intersecting the main road.
CROSS-ROW
CROSS-ROW, noun1. The alphabet, so named because a cross is placed at the beginning, to show that the end of learning is piety.2. A row that crosses others.
CROSS-SEA
CROSS-SEA, noun Waves running across others; a swell running in different directions.
CROSS-STAFF
CROSS-STAFF, noun An instrument to take the altitude of the sun or stars.
CROSS-STONE
CROSS-STONE, noun A mineral called also harmotome, and staurolite. It is almost always in crystals. Its single crystals are rectangular four-sided prisms, broad or compressed, a...