Vocabulary : Crossroad to Cross-tail

Crossroad : A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.
Crossrow : The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row. ;; A row that crosses others.
Crossruff : The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.
Cross-spale : Alt. of Cross-spall
Cross-spall : One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.

Cross-springer : One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.]
Cross-staff : An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies. ;; A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
Cross-stitch : A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.
Cross-stone : See Harmotome, and Staurotide.
Cross-tail : A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

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