Part 2610

<hw>Cross"nath`</hw> <tt>(-h?ch`; 224)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shade by means of crosshatching.</def>

<h1>Crosshatching</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"hatch`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.</def>

<h1>Crosshead</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"head`</hw> <tt>(-h?d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.</def>

<h1>Crossing</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cross</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act by which anything is crossed; <as>as, the <ex>crossing</ex> of the ocean</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of making the sign of the cross.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Intersection, as of two paths or roads.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.</def>

<blockquote>I do not bear these <b>crossings</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crossjack</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"jack`</hw> <tt>(kr?s"j?k` &or; kr?"j?k`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.</def>

<h1>CRosslegged</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>CRoss"legged`</hw> <tt>(-l?gd`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the legs crossed.</def>

<h1>Crosslet</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"let</hw> <tt>(-lEt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>cross</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small cross.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>croisel</ets> crucible, and <er>E</er>. <er>Cresset</er>.]</ety> <def>A crucible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Crosslet</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"let</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. See<er>Cross-crosslet</er>.</def>

<h1>Crossly</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.</def>

<h1>Crossness</h1> <Xpage=348>