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-- Cross bottony or
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.

Cross (kr&obreve;s), a.
1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart;
transverse; oblique; intersecting.

The cross refraction of the second
prism.

Sir I. Newton.

2. Not accordant with what is wished or
expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting;
perverse. "A cross fortune." Jer.
Taylor.

The cross and unlucky issue of my
design.

Glanvill.

The article of the resurrection seems to lie
marvelously cross to the common experience of mankind.

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