cross

1. n. A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. Source: opted

2. n. The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom. Source: opted

3. n. Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune. Source: opted

4. n. A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general. Source: opted

5. n. An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it. Source: opted

6. n. A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. Source: opted

7. n. A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. Source: opted

8. n. The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. Source: opted

9. n. Church lands. Source: opted

10. n. A line drawn across or through another line. Source: opted

11. n. A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. Source: opted

12. n. An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. Source: opted

13. n. A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. Source: opted

14. a. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. Source: opted

15. a. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. Source: opted

16. a. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. Source: opted

17. a. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other. Source: opted

18. prep. Athwart; across. Source: opted

19. v. t. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms. Source: opted

20. v. t. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t. Source: opted

21. v. t. To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream. Source: opted

22. v. t. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. Source: opted

23. v. t. To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with. Source: opted

24. v. t. To interfere and cut off; to debar. Source: opted

25. v. t. To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself. Source: opted

26. v. t. To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name. Source: opted

27. v. t. To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of. Source: opted

28. v. i. To lie or be athwart. Source: opted

29. v. i. To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool. Source: opted

30. v. i. To be inconsistent. Source: opted

31. v. i. To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds. Source: opted

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