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"Section C"

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Cross forked. (Her.) See under
Forked.
-- Cross frog. See
under Frog.
-- Cross furrow, a
furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water
running in them and conduct it to the side of the field.
--
Cross handle, a handle attached
transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur.

Knight. -- Cross lode (Mining),
a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. --
Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in
the Vocabulary.
-- Cross reference, a
reference made from one part of a book or register to another
part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of.
--
Cross sea (Naut.), a chopping sea,
in which the waves run in contrary directions.
--
Cross stroke, a line or stroke across
something, as across the letter t.
-- Cross
wind
, a side wind; an unfavorable wind. --
Cross wires, fine wires made to traverse
the field of view in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a
graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations;
spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in
microscopes, etc.


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