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A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.

• Ornamenter
  One who ornaments; a decorator.
• CROSSGARNET
  A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.
• Cross-armed
  With arms crossed.
• Cross-bun
  A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
• Crossnath
  To shade by means of crosshatching.
• Cross-question
  To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
• Crossway
  See Crossroad.
• Interlace
  To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
• CROSSARMED
  With arms crossed.
• CROSSHATCH
  To shade by means of crosshatching.
• Cross-banded
  A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.
• Cross-crosslet
  A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
• Crosshatching
  In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.
• Cross-reading
  The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
• Cross-week
  Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
• Interlacement
  The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.
• 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.
• Consisted
  of Consist
• CROSSPAWL
  Same as Cross-spale.
• Crossbar
  A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down.

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