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2. Anything partaking of the natures of
two different things; a hybrid.

Cross"-bun` (-bŭn`), n.
A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten
on Good Friday.

Cross`-cross"let (-kr?s"l?t; 115),
n. (Her.) A cross having the three
upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.

Cross"cut` (-kŭt`), v. t.
To cut across or through; to intersect.

Cross"cut`, n. 1.
A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high
road.

2. (Mining) A level driven across
the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one
gangway to another.

Crosscut saw. (a) A saw,
the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood
crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise.
(b) A saw managed by two men, one at each
end, for cutting large logs crosswise.

Cross"-days` (-d?z`), n. pl.
(Eccl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the
Ascension.

Cros*sette" (kr?s-s?t`), n.


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