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to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.

lloq.] Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak. A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris.

ment at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.

which in the alternate rows slope in different directions. Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds.

Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.

To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee. [Scot.]

(b) One separated to the service of God. -- Holy orders. See Order. -- Holy rood, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. -- Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony. -- Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil o…

Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

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

with respect to identity. "Identically the same." Bp. Warburton. "Identically different." Ross.

; esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others. -- Ill temper, anger; moroseness; crossness. -- Ill turn. (a) An unkind act. (b) A slight attack of illness. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Ill will, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.

Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. The queen immersed in such a trance. Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. Atterbury.

Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.

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

plicating, or the state of being implicated. Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle.

nguage. But every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities. Johnson. Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. Swift.

; inconsiderateness. Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. Jer. Taylor. Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects of inconsideration. Sharp.

morally; as, the infection of vicious principles. It was her chance to light Amidst the gross infections of those times. Daniel.