Part 2606

<syn>Syn. -- Fretful; peevish. See <er>Fretful</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Cross</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>Athwart; across. <mark>[Archaic or Colloq.]</mark> A fox was taking a walk one night <i>cross</i> a village.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<cs><col>To go cross lots</col>, <cd>to go across the fields; totake a short cut. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

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<hw>Cross</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crossed</er> <tt>(kr?st; 115)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crossing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; <as>as, to <ex>cross</ex> the arms</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lay or draw something, as a line, across; <as>as, to <ex>cross</ex> the letter <it>t</it></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; <as>as, to <ex>cross</ex> a stream</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A hunted hare . . . <b>crosses</b> and confounds her former track. <i> I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.</def> "Your kind letter <i>crossed</i> mine."

<i>J. D. Forbes.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.</def>

<blockquote>In each thing give him way; <b>cross</b> him in nothing. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An oyster may be <b>crossed</b> onlove. <i> Sheridan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To interfere and cut off; to debar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>cross</b> me from the golden time I look for. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; <as>as, he <ex>crossed</ex> himself</as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with <i>out</i>, <i>off</i>, or <i>over</i>; <as>as, to <ex>cross</ex> out a name</as>.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stoocks or races; to mix the breed of.</def>

<cs><col>To cross one's path</col>, <cd>to oppose one's plans.</cd></cs>

<i> Macualay.</i>

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<hw>Cross</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lie or be athwart.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; <as>as, to <ex>cross</ex> from New York to Liverpool</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be inconsistent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Men's actions do not always <b>cross</b> with reason. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.</def>