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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Crōre, n. p. 315Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees, being nearly $5,000,000. [East Indies.] Malcom.Crō'sier, n. p. 315The official staff of an archbishop, terminating at the top in a cross; also, the pastoral staff of a bishop, which terminates in an ornamented curve or crook. Behind a darker hour ascends: The…Cro'siered, a. p. 315Bearing a crosier; as, crosiered bishops.Cros'let, n. p. 315See CROSSLET.Crŏss, n. p. 315A 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…Cross and pile p. 315a play with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse. This I humbly conceive to be perfect…Crŏss, a. p. 315Not parallel or correspondent in direction; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. “The cross refraction of the second prism.” Newton. 2. Not accordant with what is wished or…Crŏss, prep. p. 315Athwart; transversely; over; so as to intersect; across. [Obs.] And cross their limits cut a sloping way. Dryden.Crŏss, v. t. p. 316To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms; to cross swords. 2. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t. 3. To pass from one side to the…Crŏss, v. i. p. 316To lie or be athwart. 2. To move or pass from one side toward the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool. 3. To be inconsistent. [Obs.] Men's…Crŏss'-ăc'tion, n. p. 316(Law.) An action brought by a party who is sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. Burrill.Crŏss'-ärmed, a. p. 316With arms crossed. 2. (Bot.) Having branches in pairs, each at right angles with the stem; decussated. Martyn.Crŏss'-ăr'rōw, n. p. 316An arrow of a cross-bow.Crŏss'-bär, n. p. 316A transverse bar.Crŏss'-bärred, a. p. 316Secured by transverse bars. Milton.Crŏss'-bär/shŏt, n. p. 316A bullet with an iron bar passing through it, and standing out a few inches on each side;—used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging.Crŏss'-bēam, n. p. 316(Arch.) A large beam running from wall to wall, and serving to hold the sides of a house together.Crŏss'-beâr'er, n. p. 316(Rom. Cath. Church.) (a.) The chaplain of an archbishop or primate, who bears a cross before him on solemn occasions. (b.) An officer in the Inquisition, who makes a vow before the inquisitors to…Crŏss'-bill, n. p. 316(Law.) A bill which is brought by a defendant, in a chancery or equity suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier.Crŏss'-bill, n. p. 316(Ornith.) A bird or a genus of birds of the order Passeres and family Fringillidæ; the Loxia, the mandibles of whose bill curve in opposite directions, and cross each other. Baird.Crŏss'-bĭrth, n. p. 316(Obstetrics.) Delivery, actual or attempted, when in labor any other part of the child than the head is the first presented at the mouth of the uterus.Crŏss'-bīte, n. p. 316A deception; a cheat. L'Estrange.Crŏss'bite, v. t. p. 316To thwart or contravene by deception.Crŏss'-bōw, n. p. 316(Archery.) A weapon used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise onCrŏss'-bōw'er or Crŏss'-bōw'man, n. p. 316One who shoots with a cross-bow.Crŏss'-breed, n. p. 316A breed produced from parents of different breeds.Crŏss'-bŭn, n. p. 316A bun or cake marked with a cross.Crŏss'-chŏcks, n. pl. p. 316(Naut.) Pieces of timber laid across the dead-wood amidships to make good the deficiency of the lower heels of the futtock.Crŏss'cŭt, v. t. p. 316To cut across.Crŏss'-cŭt, n. p. 316A short cut across. 2. (Mining.) An horizontal gallery, not in the veins themselves, but made to connect levels. Tomlinson.Crŏss'cŭt-saw, n. p. 316A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.Crŏss'-dāys, n. pl. p. 316(Eccl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.Crŏs-sĕt'te', n. p. 316(Arch.) (a.) A truss, ancone, or console, on an architrave. (b.) The small, projecting piece in arch stones, which hangs upon the adjacent stones. Gwilt.Crŏss'-ex-ăm'ĭ-nā'tion, n. p. 316(Law.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined.Crŏss'-ex-ăm'ine, v. t. p. 316(Law.) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. “The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses.” Kent.Crŏss'-eyed, a. p. 316Having the eyes turned toward the nose, so that they look in directions which intersect or cross one another.Crŏss'-fire, n. p. 316(Mil.) The crossing of lines of fire from two or more points or places.Crŏss'flōw, v. i. p. 316To flow across, or in a contrary direction.Crŏss'-frŏg, n. p. 316See FROG.Crŏss'-fŭr'rōw, n. p. 316A furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the side of the field.Crŏss'-gàr/net, n. p. 316A kind of hinge formed of pieces making a sort of cross.Crŏss'-grāined, a. p. 316Having the grain or fibers crossed or intertwined. If the stuff proves cross-grained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon. 2. Having a perverse and untractable…Crŏss'-hĕad, n. p. 316(Mach.) A beam or rod across the head or top part of any thing, as the solid piece of iron on the head of a piston-rod in a steam-engine.Crŏss'-jāck, n. p. 316(Naut.) The lower yard of the mizzen-mast. Totten.Crŏss'-lĕgged, a. p. 316Having the legs crossed.Crŏss'let, n. p. 316A small cross. 2. (Her.) A cross whose arms are terminated with small crosses, or again crossed near the end. 3. A crucible, either cross-shaped or marked with the figure of a cross. [Obs.] Chaucer.Crŏss'-lōde, n. p. 316(Mining.) A vein intersecting the true or principal lode.Crŏss'ly, adv. p. 316In a cross way, or in a manner characterized by crossness; athwart; adversely; peevishly; fretfully.Crŏss'ness, n. p. 316The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill-humor.Crŏss'-pātech, n. p. 316An ill-natured person. [Low.]Crŏss'-pāwl, n. p. 316(Ship Carp.) One of a number of pieces of timber used to hold a vessel together while in her frame.Crŏss'-pīece, n. p. 316A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise. 2. (Naut.) (a.) A rail running from the knight-heads to the belfry, to which the running rigging is belayed. (b.) A piece of timber…Crŏss'-pŭr'pose, n. p. 316A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. 2. (pl.) A game of the nature of conversation, in which questions and answers are made so to concur as to involve…Crŏss'-quar'ters, n. pl. p. 316(Arch.) An ornament of tracery representing the four leaves of a cruciform flower.Crŏss'-quĕs'tion, v. t. p. 316To cross-examine.Crŏss'-rēad'ing, n. p. 316The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, through the adjoining columns, thus confounding the sense, and often producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.Crŏss'-rōad, n. p. 316A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.Crŏss'-rōw', n. p. 316The alphabet, so named because a cross was formerly placed at the beginning;—called also Christ-cross-row. 2. A row that crosses others.Crŏss'-sēa, n. p. 316(Naut.) A sea or swell in which the waves run in contrary directions.Crŏss'-sill, n. p. 316A sill which supports a cross-tie.