Word Meanings - CROSSLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small cross.

• Cross-eyed
  Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
• Cross-pawl
  Same as Cross-spale.
• Cross-tail
  A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
• Smallsword
  A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
• CROSSFERTILIZE
  To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species.
• Crossbower
  A crossbowman.
• Crossfish
  A starfish.
• Crosspiece
  A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.
• Cross-tie
  A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
• CROSSGARNET
  A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.
• Crossbowman
  One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
• Crossflow
  To flow across, or in a contrary direction.
• Cross-purpose
  A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
• Cross-tining
  A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.
• CROSSARMED
  With arms crossed.
• CROSSHATCH
  To shade by means of crosshatching.

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