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One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] Saint Andrew's cross

A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.

f a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.

An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

le of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.

To make savage. [R.] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South

A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.

r family Scalaridæ, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening. -- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]

nstrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.

p or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like. Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch glass.Grew. Be mindful, when invention fails., To scratch your head, and bite your nails.Swift.

A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. [Eng.]

A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.

y species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox.

Same as Crossruff.

A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.

A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

ood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan. -- Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side. -- Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk. -- Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing throug…

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