Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
crossing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Cross, The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean., The act of making the sign of the cross., The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds., Intersection, as of two paths or roads., A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street., Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction. |
crossbar |
noun |
A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down. |
crossbow |
noun |
A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock. |
crosscut |
verb t. |
To cut across or through; to intersect., A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road., A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. |
crosslet |
noun |
A small cross., A crucible., Crossed again; — said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet. |
crossrow |
noun |
The alphabet; — called also Christcross-row., A row that crosses others. |
crossway |
noun |
See Crossroad. |