Part 2604

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of croqueting.</def>

<h1>Croquet</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro*quet"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Croqueted</er> <tt>(-k?d)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Croqueting</er> <tt>(-k?"?ng)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.</def>

<h1>Cro-quette</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro-quette"</hw> <tt>(kr?-k?t")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>croquer</ets> to crunch.]</ety> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.</def>

<h1>Crore</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Crore</hw> <tt>(kr?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>karor</ets>, Skr. <ets>koTi</ets>.]</ety> <def>Ten millions; <as>as, a <ex>crore</ex> of rupees (which is nearly $5,000,000)</as>.</def> <mark>[East Indies]</mark>

<i>Malcolm.</i>

<h1>Crosier</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro"sier</hw> <tt>(kr?"zh?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>rocer</ets>, <ets>croser</ets>, <ets>croyser</ets>, fr. <ets>croce</ets> crosier, OF. <ets>croce</ets>, <ets>croche</ets>, F. <ets>crosse</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>crocea</ets>, <ets>crocia</ets>, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. <ets>croc</ets> hook; akin to E. <ets>crook</ets>.]</ety> <def>The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.</def>

<note>&hand; The true shape of the <i>crosier</i> was with a hooked or curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form.</note>

<i>Skeat.</i>

<h1>Crosiered</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cro"siered</hw> <tt>(-zh?rd)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bearing a crosier.</def>

<h1>Croslet</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cros"let</hw> <tt>(kr?s"l?t; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Crosslet</er>.</def>

<h1>Cross</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Cross</hw> <tt>(kr?s; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>crois</ets>, <ets>croys</ets>, <ets>cros</ets>; the former fr. OF. <ets>crois</ets>, <ets>croiz</ets>, F. <ets>croix</ets>, fr. L. <ets>crux</ets>; the second is perh. directly fr. Prov. <ets>cros</ets>, <ets>crotz</ets>. fr. the same L. <ets>crux</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>kross</ets>. Cf. <er>Crucial</er>, <er>Crusade</er>, <er>Cruise</er>, <er>Crux</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A gibbet, cosisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a <universbold>T</universbold>, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an <universbold>X</universbold>. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.</def>

<blockquote>Nailed to the <b>cross</b> By his own nation. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The custom of making the sign of the <b>cross</b> with the hand or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or preserving from evil, is very old. <i>Schaff-Herzog Encyc.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Before the <b>cross</b> has waned the crescent's ray. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Tis where the <b>cross</b> is preached. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.</def>

<blockquote>Heaven prepares a good man with <b>crosses</b>. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>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.</def>