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a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry

a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"

fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"

meet at a point

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"

meet and pass; "the trains crossed"

to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"

a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry

a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"

fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"

meet at a point

trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"

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.

Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.

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.

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.

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.

A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.

The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.

Church lands.

A line drawn across or through another line.

A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.

An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.

Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.

Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.

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.

Athwart; across.

To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.

To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.

To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.

To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.

To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.

To interfere and cut off; to debar.

To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.

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.

To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.

To lie or be athwart.

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.

To be inconsistent.

To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.

A gibbet of wood formed of an upright and a cross piece; the emblem of the Christian faith; a device like a cross; a mark made on a document by those who cannot write; a trial of patience; suffering for Christ's sake.

To put, or draw, across; cancel; pass; oppose; obstruct; make the sign of the cross upon.

To be athwart.

Not parallel; fretful; peevish.

Crossly.

Crossly.

A gibbet on which male factors were hung, consisting of two pieces of timber, one placed crosswise on the other, either thus + or x ; the instrument on which Christ suffered, and thus the symbol of the Christian religion: the sufferings of Christ: anything that crosses or thwarts: adversity or affliction in general: a crossing or mixing of breeds, esp. of cattle.

To mark with a cross: to lay one body or draw one line across another: to cancel by drawing cross lines: to pass from side to side: to obstruct: to thwart: to move or pass from place to place.

Lying across: transverse: oblique: opposite: adverse: illtempered: interchanged.

Any figure in the shape of a cross, + or X.

A straight body crossing another; gibbet made of two crossing beams; the instrument on which Christ suffered, and hence the Christian religion; affliction; anything in the shape of a cross; a mixing of breeds.

To lay a thwaart; pass over; mark with a cross; obstruct or annoy.

Transverse; adverse; peevish.

To place or move across; traverse; intersect; cancel (cross off or out); obstruct; contradict; irritate.

To make the sign of the cross upon.

To mix with a different variety.

Ill-tempered; peevish.

An ancient instrument of torture and death, consisting of two crossed timbers, on which the condemned were fastened.

The crucifixion of Christ; the Atonement.

Something endured for Christ's sake; trial; tribulation.

A mark resembling a cross.

A mixing of breeds; an animal of mixed breed.

Transverse: falling athwart: opposite; adverse; perverse; untractable; peevish; interchanged; of a cross breed.

A gibbet consisting of two pieces of timber placed across each other, either in form of a +, T, or an X; the cross on which Christ suffered; Christ's sufferings or passion; the symbol of the Christian religion; the Christian religion itself: an ornament, monument, mark, &c., like a cross; a line drawn across another: anything that crosses, thwarts, obstructs, perplexes, or distresses: a mixing of breeds in producing animals. To take up the cross, to be resolved to sacrifice self for some sacred interest in the spirit of Christ. Cross of Calvary, a cross on three steps. Latin cross, one with crossbeam two-thirds up. Tau cross, one like T. St. Andrew's cross, one like X.

To draw a line or lay one thing, as a sword, across another; to erase by cross lines; to cancel; to make the sign of the cross; to pass or move over from side to side: to thwart; to obstruct; to be inconsistent with; to debar; to produce young from different varieties of a species.

To lie or be athwart; to pass from side to side directly or obliquely.

Two lengths of any body placed across each other-thus (+), (X), or (+); a line drawn through another; the ensign of the Christian religion; the instrument on which the Saviour died; any misfortune; a hindrance.

To draw a line, or place a body, across another; to pass or move over; to pass from side to side; to cancel; to erase; to obstruct or hinder.

Oblique; transverse; obstructing; adverse; peevish or ill-humoured.

An organism produced by the mating of parents of different breeds.

n. [Latin] A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms; —the theological and religious import of the death of Christ; the Christ's death, and hence, of Christianity and Christendom; —any thing which thwarts or tries one's patience; affliction; disappointment; opposition; —an ornament or monument in the form of a cross; —the cross-like mark used instead of a signature by those who cannot write; —mixing of breeds or stock, especially in a cattle-breeding; or the product of such intermixture.

One straight body laid at right angles over another; the ensign of the Christian religion; a monument with a cross upon it to excite devotion, such as were anciently set in market-places; a line drawn through another; any thing that thwarts or obstructs, misfortune, hindrance, vexation, opposition, misadventure, trial of patience; money so called, because marked with a cross.

Transverse, falling athwart something else; adverse, opposite; perverse, untractable; peevish, fretful, ill-humoured; contrary, contradictory; contrary to wish, unfortunate.

Athwart, so as to intersect any thing; over, from side to side.