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

The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row. And from the crossrow plucks the letter G. Shak.

The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

See Crossroad.

In the form of a cross; across; transversely. Longfellow.

A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.

A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.

To separate from the bosom. [R.] Young.

To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.

The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.

One who dispossesses. Cowley.

An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.

A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep. [Slang]

A cheap lodging house.

Same as Dorsal, n.

A pannier, or basket. To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. Beau. & Fl.

A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter.

A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.

atter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse. All world's glory is but dross unclean. Spenser. At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold. Lowell.