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Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.

To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stoocks or races; to mix the breed of. To cross one's path, to oppose one's plans. Macualay.

ross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.

Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.

To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. "Cubb'd in a cabin." Dryden.

Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.

Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass;- said of certain fishes.

Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.

Characterized by cup shakes; -- said of timber.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.

To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient. The child was cured from that very hour. Matt. xvii. 18.

prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic. Curtate cycloid. (Math.) See Cycloid.…

Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves. Henslow.

ving. And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21. Moved beyong his custom, Gama said. Tennyson. A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.

upwards, whence it is called rabbit's ears. It is also called sow bread, because hogs are said to eat the corms.

Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.

is life's whole date. Chapman. To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing.

Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.