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One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction.

An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other. "Tent and cross- stitch." Sir W. Scott. -- Cross"-stitch`, v. t. & i.

See Harmotome, and Staurotide.

A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.

A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges. Crabb.

Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.

A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down. Russell. Crossbar shot, a projectile which folds into a sphere for loading, but on leaving the gun expands to a cross with a quarter ball at the end of each arm; -…

Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars. Milton.

Same as Crossbill.

A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.

A deeption; a cheat. [Obs.]

A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrios emblems of mortality. Hawthorne.

A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.

A crossbowman.[Obs.]

One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.

Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.