CROSS-TINING
CROSS-TINING, noun In husbandry, a harrowing by drawing the harrow or drag back and forth on the same ground.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CROSS-TREES
CROSS-TREES, noun In ships, certain pieces of timber, supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees, at the upper ends of the lower masts, to sustain the frame of the top, and on th...
CROSS-WAY
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-WIND
CROSS-WIND, noun A side wind; an unfavorable wind.
CROSS-WISE
CROSS-WISE, adverb Across; in the form of a cross.
CROSS-WORT
CROSS-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Valantia.
CROSSCUT
CROSSCUT, verb transitive To cut across.
CROSSCUT-SAW
CROSSCUT-SAW, noun A saw managed by two men, one at each end.
CROSSED
CROSSED, participle passive Having a line drawn over; canceled; erased; passed over; thwarted; opposed; obstructed; counteracted.
CROSSING
CROSSING, participle present tense Drawing; running or passing a line over; erasing; canceling; thwarting; opposing; counteracting; passing over.CROSSING, noun A thwarting; impe...
CROSSLY
CROSSLY, adverb1. Athwart; so as to intersect something else.2. Adversely; in opposition; unfortunately.3. Peevishly; fretfully.
CROSSNESS
CROSSNESS, noun Peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor; perverseness.
CROTCH
CROTCH, noun [See Crook and Crutch.]1. A fork or forking; the parting of two legs or branches; as the crotch of a tree.2. In ships, a crooked timber placed on the keel, in the f...
CROTCHED
CROTCHED, adjective Having a crotch; forked.
CROTCHET
CROTCHET, noun [See Crook.]1. In printing, a hook including words, a sentence or a passage distinguished form the rest, thus [].2. In music, a note or character, equal in time t...
CROTCHETED
CROTCHETED, adjective Marked with crotchets.
CROUCH
CROUCH, verb intransitive [G., to creep, to stoop, to cringe.]1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground; as an animal. A dog crouches to his master; a lion crouc...
CROUCHING
CROUCHING, participle present tense Bending; stooping; cringing.
CROUP
CROUP, CROOP, noun1. The rump of a fowl; the buttocks of a horse, or extremity of the reins above the hips.2. [See Croop.] The cynanche trachealis, a disease of the throat.
CROUPADE
CROUPADE, CROOPADE, noun [from croup, or its root.] In the manege, a leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs, as if he drew them up to his belly.
CROUT
CROUT, KROUT, noun [G., an herb.] Sour crout is made by laying minced or chopped cabbage in layers in a barrel, with a handful of salt and caraway seeds between the layers; then...
CROW
CROW, noun [G., Latin]1. A large black fowl, of the genus Corvus; the beak is convex and cultrated, the nostrils are covered with bristly feathers, the tongue is forked and cart...
CROW-BAR
CROW-BAR, noun A bar of iron sharpened at one end, used as a lever for raising weights.
CROW-BERRY
CROW-BERRY, noun A plant of the genus Empetrum, or berry-bearing heath. One species bears the crow-crake berries.
CROW-FLOWER
CROW-FLOWER, noun A kind of campion.
CROW-FOOT
CROW-FOOT, noun1. On board of ships, a complication of small cords spreading out from a long block; used to suspend the awnings, or to keep the top sails from striking and frett...
CROW-KEEPER
CROW-KEEPER, noun A scarecrow. [Not used.]