Part 2613

<h1>Cross-week</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Cross"-week`</hw> <tt>(-w?k`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.</def>

<h1>Crosswise</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Cross"wise`</hw> <tt>(-w?z`)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the form of a cross; across; transversely.</def>

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<h1>Crosswort</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Cross"wort`</hw> <tt>(-w?rt`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of <i>Crucianella</i>, <i>Valantia</i>, etc.</def>

<h1>Crotalaria</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crot`a*la"ri*a</hw> <tt>(kr?t`?-l?"r?-? &or; kr?`t?-l?"r?-A)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Crotalum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.</def>

<note>&hand; <spn>Crotalaria juncea</spn> furnishes the fiber called <i>sunn</i> or <i>Bombay hemp</i>.</note>

<h1>Crotaline</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crot"a*line</hw> <tt>(kr?t"?-l?n &or; kr?`t?-)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Crotalus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Resembling, or pertaining to, the <spn>Crotalidae</spn>, or Rattlesnake family.</def>

<h1>Crotalo</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crot"a*lo</hw> <tt>(-l?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Turkish musical instrument.</def>

<h1>Crotalum</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crot"a*lum</hw> <tt>(-l?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ rattle.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.</def>

<h1>Crotalus</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crot"a*lus</hw> <tt>(-l?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ rattle.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.</def>

<h1>Crotaphite</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crot"a*phite</hw> <tt>(kr?t"?-f?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ the side of the forehead.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.</def>

<h1>Crotaphitic</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crot`a*phit"ic</hw> <tt>(kr?t`?-f?t"?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the temple; temporal.</def>

<h1>Crotch</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crotch</hw> <tt>(kr?ch; 224)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Crotches</plw> <tt>(-<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. <er>Crotchet</er>, <er>Crutch</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; <as>as, the <ex>crotch</ex> of a tree</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also <altname>crane</altname> and <altname>crutch</altname>.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Crotched</h1> <Xpage=349>

<hw>Crotched</hw> <tt>(kr?cht)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a crotch; forked.</def>