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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. |
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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. |
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Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial;
disappointment; opposition; misfortune. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many
varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
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The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by
those unable to write. |
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Church lands. |
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A line drawn across or through another line. |
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A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding;
or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. |
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An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the
main course. |
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A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually
form's right angle. |
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Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique;
intersecting. |
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Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting;
adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. |
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Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness,
fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. |
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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. |
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Athwart; across. |
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To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to
cross the arms. |
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To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross
the letter t. |
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To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move
over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream. |
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To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the
same time. |
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To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to
clash or interfere with. |
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To interfere and cut off; to debar. |
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To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the
reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself. |
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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. |
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To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or
races; to mix the breed of. |
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To lie or be athwart. |
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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. |
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To be inconsistent. |
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To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds. |
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