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A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.

A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.

nt on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.

rs of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions. Groom of the stole, the first lord of the bedchamber in the royal household. [Eng.] Brande & C.

A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.

A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride. [Prov. Eng.] Howitt. This striding place is called the Strid. Wordsworth.

The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.

One more than nine; twice five. With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden.

range color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.

The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak o…

Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]

Anything that traverses, or crosses. Specifically: --

f evergreen trees. It constructs a triangular web, or net, usually composed of four radii crossed by a double elastic fiber. The spider holds the thread at the apex of the web and stretches it tight, but lets go and springs the net when an insect comes in contact with it.

The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.