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An oyster may be crossed in love.

Sheridan.

6. To interfere and cut off; to
debar. [Obs.]

To cross me from the golden time I look
for.

Shak.

7. To make the sign of the cross upon; --
followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed
himself.

8. To cancel by marking crosses on or
over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with
out, off, or over; as, to cross out a
name.

9. To cause to interbreed; -- said of
different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.

To cross one's path, to oppose one's
plans. Macaulay.

Cross, v. i. 1.
To lie or be athwart.

2. To move or pass from one side to the
other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to
cross from New York to Liverpool.

3. To be inconsistent. [Obs.]

Men's actions do not always cross with
reason.

Sir P. Sidney.

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