Word Meanings - SNAILS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body). Beau & Fl.

• Cross-tining
  A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.
• CORRESPONDENCESCHOOL
  A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction being based on printed instruction sheets and the recitation papers written by the student in answer to the questions or requirements of these sheets. In the broadest sense of the term corresponde
• 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.
• Crosstrees
  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."
• CROSSARMED
  With arms crossed.
• CROSSHATCH
  To shade by means of crosshatching.
• Crossbred
  Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
• Cross-garnet
  A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.
• Cross-questioned
  of Cross-question
• Cross-vaulting
  Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
• CROSSBANDED
  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.
• CROSSPAWL
  Same as Cross-spale.
• Crossbreed
  A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.

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