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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post
Webster Dictionary
to attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills
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general post office
(ˈdʒɛn ər ə li)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in the U.S. postal system) the main post office of a city, county, etc., that also has branch post offices.
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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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post
Webster Dictionary
a station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger
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gatepost
Webster Dictionary
a post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post
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stall
Webster Dictionary
the space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post
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post
Webster Dictionary
to place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter
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gatepost
Webster Dictionary
a post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post
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tetherball
(ˈtɛð ərˌbɔl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a game in which two players hit in opposite directions a ball attached by a cord to a post, the object being to coil the cord completely around the post.
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post
Webster Dictionary
with post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post
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quintain
(ˈkwɪn tn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
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distance
(ˈdɪs təns)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in a heat race) the space measured back from the winning post that a horse must reach by the time the winner passes the winning post or be eliminated from subsequent heats.
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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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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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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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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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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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cruciform
Webster Dictionary
cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross
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calvary
Webster Dictionary
a cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary
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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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gatepost
(ˈgeɪtˌpoʊst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.
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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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hanging
Webster Dictionary
adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges
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