Webster's Dictionary 1913

9532

Crosiered

Cro″siered (–zh?rd), a. Bearing a crosier.

9533

Croslet

Cros″let (kr?s″l?t; 115), n. See Crosslet.

9534

Cross

Cross (krŏs; 115), n. [OE. crois, croys, cros; the former fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, fr. L. crux; the second is perh. directly fr. Prov. cros, crotz. fr. the same L. crux; ...

9535

Cross (2)

Cross (krŏs), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.The cross refraction of the second prism.Sir I. Newton.2. Not accordant with what i...

9536

Cross (3)

Cross, prep. Athwart; across.A fox was taking a walk one night cross a village.L'Estrange.To go cross lots, to go across the fields; to take a short cut.

9537

Cross (4)

Cross, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crossed (kr?st; 115); p. pr. & vb. n.Crossing.] 1. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.2. To lay or draw something, ...

9538

Cross (5)

Cross, 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 i...

9539

Cross (6)

Cross, v. t. — To cross a check(Eng. Banking), to draw two parallel transverse lines across the face of a check, with or without adding between them the words “and company”, wit...

9540

Cross-armed

Cross″–armed′ (kr?s″?rmd), a. With arms crossed.

9541

Cross-banded

Cross″–band′ed (–b?nd′?d), a. A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is co...

9542

Cross-bearer

Cross″–bear′er (–b?r′?r), n.(R. C. Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

9543

Cross-birth

Cross″–birth′ (–bẽrth′), n.(Med.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part f...

9544

Cross-bun

Cross″–bun′ (–bŭn′), n. A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.

9545

Cross-buttock

Cross″–but′tock, n.(Wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward ove...

9546

Cross-crosslet

Cross′–cross″let (–kr?s″l?t; 115), n.(Her.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.

9547

Cross-days

Cross″–days′ (–d?z′), n. pl.(Eccl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.

9548

Cross-examination

Cross″–ex‐am′i‐na″tion (kr?s″?gz–?m′?–n?″sh?n; 115), n.(Law) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examina...

9549

Cross-examine

Cross″–ex‐am″ine (–?m″?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cross-examined (–?nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cross-examining.] (Law) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined...

9550

Cross-examiner

Cross″–ex‐am″in‐er (–?r), n. One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.

9551

Cross-eye

Cross″–eye′ (–?′), n. See Strabismus.

9552

Cross-eyed

Cross″–eyed′ (–?d′), a. Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.

9553

Cross-fertilize

Cross″–fer″ti‐lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cross-fertilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Cross-fertilizing (?).] (Bot.) To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen...

9554

Cross-garnet

Cross″–gar′net (kr?s″g?r′n?t), n. A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

9555

Cross-pawl

Cross″–pawl′ (–p?l′), n.(Shipbuilding) Same as Cross-spale.

9556

Cross-purpose

Cross″–pur′pose (–p?r′p?s), n. 1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury.2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions...

9557

Cross-question

Cross″–ques′tion (–kw?s′ch?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cross-questioned (–ch?nd), p. pr. & vb. n.Cross-questioning.] To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

9558

Cross-reading

Cross″–read′ing (r?d′?ng), n. The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.