prep. [ Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n. ] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. --
To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. broad in scope or content limited, exclusive
Syn. -- all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) Without tongue; tongueless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupt. fr. Pg. alcatraz cormorant, albatross, or Sp. alcatraz a pelican: cf. Pg. alcatruz, Sp. arcaduz, a bucket, fr. Ar. al-qādus the bucket, fr. Gr. ka`dos, a water vessel. So an Arabic term for pelican is water-carrier, as a bird carrying water in its pouch. ] (Zool.) A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ba`lanos acorn + glw^ssa tongue. ] (Zool.) A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betossed ] To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. “My betossed soul.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. blosme, blostme, AS. blōsma, blōstma, blossom; akin to D. bloesem, L. fios, and E. flower; from the root of E. blow to blossom. See Blow to blossom, and cf. Bloom a blossom. ] 1. The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term has been applied by some botanists, and is also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is more commonly used than flower or bloom, when we have reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the blossom of my youth. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color. [ 1913 Webster ]

In blossom, having the blossoms open; in bloom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blossomed p. pr. & vb. n. Blossoming. ] [ AS. bl&unr_;stmian. See Blossom, n. ] 1. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moving whisper of huge trees that branched
And blossomed. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To flourish and prosper; to develop into a superior type. [ 1913 Webster ]

Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of the world with fruit. Isa. xxvii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. to appear or grow as if by blossoming; to spread out rapidly. [ PJC ]

n. the process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
Syn. -- flowering, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Without blossoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of blossoms; flowery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bosses [ OE. boce, bose, boche, OF. boce, boche, bosse, F. bosse, of G. origin; cf. OHG. bōzo tuft, bunch, OHG. bōzan, MHG. bôzen, to beat. See Beat, and cf. Botch a swelling. ] 1. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Cf. D. bus box, Dan. bösse. ] A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mech.) (a) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another. (b) A swage or die used for shaping metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A head or reservoir of water. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bossed p. pr. & vb. n. Bossing. ] [ OE. bocen, fr. OF. bocier. See the preceding word. ] To ornament with bosses; to stud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. baas master. ] A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bossage, fr. bosse. See Boss a stud. ] 1. (Arch.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Embossed; also, bossy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Boss a stud. ] (Zool.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ornamented with bosses; studded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. fr. Prov. E. boss in boss-calf, buss-calf, for boose-calf, prop., a calf kept in the stall. See 1st Boose. ] A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Buglosses [ F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. &unr_; oxtongue &unr_; ox + &unr_; tongue. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the Anchusa officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. --
Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature; -- called commonly cotton candy.
Syn. -- spun sugar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O me! you juggler! you canker blossom!
You thief of Love! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fescue of the dial is upon the christcross of noon. Old Play. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The beginning and the ending. [ Obs. ] Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. [ 1913 Webster ]

From infant conning of the Christcross-row. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles, much used in winter decoration. The best known species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder.
Syn. -- club moss, lycopod. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus. ] 1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. “A colossal stride.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Colossal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neut., fr. L. colosseus gigantic. See Coliseum. ] The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [ Also written Coliseum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Colossi E. Colossuses [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

He doth bestride the narrow world
Like a colossus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor. Dr. Wm. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any man or beast of gigantic size. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. com- + possible. ] Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [ R. ] Chillingworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Min.) A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Cf. Sp. cerozo a kind of palm tree. ] The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Pers. kōs a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. krōça. ] A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. cosa. ] A thing (only in phrase below). [ 1913 Webster ]

Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. [ It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kazāk. ] One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mil.) An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb. ] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat as a pet; to fondle. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.

‖n. [ F. ] One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ It. cossico. See 2d Coss. ] Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art. [ Obs. ] “Art of numbers cossical.” Digges (1579). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of Christcross. ] 1. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways. [ 1913 Webster ]

Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion. W. E. Boardman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Christcross-row. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. crois, croys, cros; the former fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, fr. L. crux; the second is perh. directly fr. Prov. cros, crotz. fr. the same L. crux; cf. Icel. kross. Cf. Crucial, Crusade, Cruise, Crux. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nailed to the cross
By his own nation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The custom of making the sign of the cross with the hand or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or preserving from evil, is very old. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tis where the cross is preached. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heaven prepares a good man with crosses. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Arch.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone,
Rose on a turret octagon. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Her.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. [ 1913 Webster ]

Five Kentish abbesses . . . .subscribed their names and crosses. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Church lands. [ Ireland ] [ Obs. ] Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A line drawn across or through another line. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. Hence: A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler. Lord Dufferin. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. (Surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. (Mech.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cross and pile, a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails. --
Cross bottony or
Cross bottoné. See under Bottony. --
Cross estoilé (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having four long points only. --
Cross of Calvary. See Calvary, 3. --
Southern cross. (Astron.) See under Southern. --
To do a thing on the cross, to act dishonestly; -- opposed to acting on the square. [ Slang ] --
To take up the cross, to bear troubles and afflictions with patience from love to Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]