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Syn. -- Fretful; peevish. See Fretful.

Cross, prep. Athwart;
across. [Archaic or Colloq.]

A fox was taking a walk one night cross a
village.

L'Estrange.

To go cross lots, to go across the
fields; to take a short cut. [Colloq.]

Cross, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Crossed (kr?st; 115); p. pr. & vb.
n. Crossing.] 1. To put
across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the
arms.

2. To lay or draw something, as a line,
across; as, to cross the letter t.

3. To pass from one side to the other of;
to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a
stream.

A hunted hare . . . crosses and confounds
her former track.

I. Watts.

4. To pass, as objects going in an
opposite direction at the same time. "Your kind letter
crossed mine." J. D. Forbes.

5. To run counter to; to thwart; to
obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.

In each thing give him way; cross him in
nothing.


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