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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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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.Crŏss'-spring'er, n. p. 316(Arch.) A rib extending diagonally from one pier to another in groined vaulting.Crŏss'-stăff, n. p. 316An instrument consisting of a square staff with four cross-pieces of dissimilar size, formerly used for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies at sea. Hutton.Crŏss'-stōne, n. p. 316See HARMOTOME and STAURO-LITE.Crŏss'-tāil, n. p. 316(Mach.) A strong iron bar connecting the side-lever of a marine engine with the piston-rod.Crŏss'-tie, n. p. 316A sleeper connecting the rails of a railroad.Crŏss'-tīn'ing, n. p. 316(Agric.) A harrowing by drawing the harrow back and forth across the same ground.Crŏss'-tree, n. p. 316(Naut.) One of 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 the topmasts, to extend the…Crŏss'-vault'ing, n. p. 316(Arch.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults. One form of this is called groin. Gwilt.Crŏss'-wāy, n. p. 316A way that crosses another; an obscure path intersecting or avoiding the main road.Crŏss'-wind, n. p. 316A side wind; an unfavorable wind.Crŏss'wize, adv. p. 316In the form of a cross; across.Crŏss'-wort, n. p. 316(Bot.) (a.) A small herbaceous plant of little beauty, of the genus Crucianella. (b.) A species of the genus Valantia (V. cruciata). (c.) A plant of the genus Gallium (G. cruciatum).Crō'ta-lā'ri-ă, n. p. 316(Bot.) A genus of leguminous hothouse plants; rattle-wort.Crō'ta-lo, n. p. 316(Mus.) A musical instrument used chiefly by the Turks.Crō'ta-lūm, n. p. 316(Mus.) A kind of castanet used by the priests of Cybele, or Corybantes.Crō'ta-lŭs, n. p. 316(Zoöl.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnake.Crōtch, n. p. 316The angle formed by the intersection of two legs or branches; place of division, as of a trunk into branches; fork. 2. (Naut.) A piece of wood or iron, formed with two horns or arms, like a half…Crōtched, a. p. 316Having a crotch; forked. 2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Crōtch'et, n. p. 316A forked piece of wood used as a support in building; a crotch. The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. Dryden. 2. (Mus.) The third principal note, equal in duration to half a minim, or a fourth…Crōtch'et, v. i. p. 316To play music in measured time. [Obs.] Donne.Crōtch'et-ed, a. p. 316Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation. Harmar.Crŏtch'et-y, a. p. 316Given to crotchets; distinguished by crotchets; as, a crotchety man.Crō'ton, n. p. 316(Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.Croton-oil p. 316an oil obtained from the plant Croton tiglium, of a brownish-yellow color, and hot, biting taste. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is also employed externally as a rubefacient. Loudon.…Crō'ton-bŭg, n. p. 316(Entom.) A long-winged species of cockroach; Blatta Germanica.Cro-tŏn'ic, a. p. 316Pertaining to, or derived from, the croton plant.Crotonic p. 316acid (Chem.), an acid obtained from the seeds of the croton plant (C. tiglium) or from croton-oil.