Word Meanings - CROSS-CROSSLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

• Cross-tail
  A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
• Havenage
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• Smallsword
  A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
• Three-pile
  An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
• CROSSBIRTH
  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.
• Crossbow
  A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.
• CROSSQUESTION
  To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
• Cross-eyed
  Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
• THREEFLOWERED
  Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
• Cross-pawl
  Same as Cross-spale.
• THREEWAY
  Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
• Cross-tie
  A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
• Havened
  Sheltered in a haven.
• Smally
  In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness.
• Three-piled
  Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
• CROSSBUN
  A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
• Crossbower
  A crossbowman.
• CROSSREADING
  The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
• Crossfish
  A starfish.
• THREEHANDED
  Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.

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