2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring
offsets.
Cross"-stitch` (-st?ch`; 224), n.
A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in
pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.
"Tent and cross-stitch." Sir W. Scott. --
Cross"-stitch`, v. t. & i.
Cross"-stone` (-st?n`), n.
(Min.) See Harmotome, and
Staurotide.
Cross"-tail` (-t?l`), n. (Steam
Engine) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or
levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
Cross"-tie` (-t?`), n.
(Railroad) A sleeper supporting and connecting the
rails, and holding them in place.
Cross"-tin`ing (kr?s"t?n`?ng), n.
(Agric.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or
transversely to the ridges. Crabb.
Cross"trees` (-tr?z`), n. pl.
(Naut.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are
attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large
vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the
"top."
Cross"-vault`ing (-v?lt`?ng), n.
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