cross
Webster Dictionary
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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cross
Webster Dictionary
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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crucify
Webster Dictionary
to fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet
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christcross-row
Webster Dictionary
the alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm
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celtic cross
(ˈkɛl tɪk, ˈsɛl-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a cross shaped like a Latin cross and having a ring that intersects each segment of the shaft and crossbar at a point equidistant from their junction.
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geneva cross
(ʒəˈni və)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
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cancel
Webster Dictionary
to cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate
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crucifixion
Webster Dictionary
the act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment
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patonce
Webster Dictionary
having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross
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pattee
Webster Dictionary
narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross
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cross-index
(ˈkrɔsˌhɛd, ˈkrɒs-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
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crucifixion
Webster Dictionary
the state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross
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calvary
Webster Dictionary
a cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary
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cruciform
Webster Dictionary
Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross
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saltire
Webster Dictionary
a St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries
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decussate
(decussate)
Princeton's WordNet
cross or intersect so as to form a cross
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transverse
(ænsˈvɜrs, trænz-; ˈtræns vɜrs, ˈtrænz-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
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bail
Webster Dictionary
the top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket
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crucigerous
Webster Dictionary
bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross
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tace
Webster Dictionary
the cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n
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cross
(ɔs, krɒs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the Cross, the cross upon which Jesus died.
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crucifix
Webster Dictionary
a representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions
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bless
Webster Dictionary
to make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self)
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crucial
Webster Dictionary
having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision
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stabat mater
Webster Dictionary
a celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c)
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cross
Webster Dictionary
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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counterchanged
Webster Dictionary
having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure
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traverse
Webster Dictionary
to lay in a cross direction; to cross
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regime
Webster Dictionary
the condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform regime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections
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cross
Webster Dictionary
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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