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To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. [Local, U.S.]

Light land; rosland. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Mortimer.

A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.

Loose; light. [Obs.] Mortimer.

From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. -- To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.

A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long- continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial. The fescue of the dial is upon the christcross of noon. Old Play. Nares.

The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. From infant conning of the Christcross-row. Wordsworth.

The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.

A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.

See Christcross-row.

upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. Nailed to the cross By his own nation. Milton.

With arms crossed.

A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surfase of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.

A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

Any preternatural labor, in whiche the boly of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.

A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.

A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse.

A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.

The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.