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

A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

A row that crosses others.

A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.

because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.

A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Crossed; intersected.

Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

Same as Crossette.

esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

y the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.

ing), the solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat. -- First day, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends. -- First floor. (a) The ground floor. [U.S.] (b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.] -- First fruit or frui…

The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.

continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.

. Gammoning fashion, in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed. -- Gammoning hole (Naut.), a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.

n. Granny's bend, or Granny's knot (Naut.), a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.

ough crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.

esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

tion or entreaty. [Obs.] In way of impertation procuring the removal or allevation of our crosses. Barrow.

animals, or different varieties of plants. We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants. Darwin.