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  • 91Cross — I. /krɒs/ (say kros) noun 1. Sir Ronald Hibbert, 1896–1968, English politician and diplomat; governor of Tasmania 1951–58. 2. Stan(ley) George, 1888–1977, Australian cartoonist. 3. Zora Bernice May, 1890–1964, Australian journalist, novelist and… …

  • 92cross —    This word (from the Latin crux, meaning stake or cross ) refers to a vertical post with a transverse bar near the top that was used for executions in the ancient world. The cross, which was used in Jesus Crucifixion, has become a symbol… …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 93cross — /krɒs/ verb 1. to go across ● Concorde only takes three hours to cross the Atlantic. ● To get to the bank, you turn left and cross the street at the post office. 2. ♦ to cross a cheque to write two lines across a cheque to show that it has to be… …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 94cross — 1) dep (atletismo) El deporte cuyo nombre inglés es cross country ha recibido en español el nombre de campo a través, no muy afortunado. Es preferible la denominación, hoy más extendida, cross, nombre masculino que designa no sólo el deporte,… …

    Diccionario español de neologismos

  • 95cross — bicross cross cyclo cross motocross …

    Dictionnaire des rimes

  • 96Cross —    1) CROSS, or Ness, lately a quoad sacra parish, with the island of Rona Lewis, in the parish of Barvas, county of Ross and Cromarty, 27 miles (N. W.) from Stornoway; containing 1810 inhabitants. The district is about ten miles in length, and… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 97cross — cross1 /krɒs/, it. /krɔs/ s. ingl. [propr. croce , dal lat. crux crŭcis croce ], usato in ital. al masch. (sport.) [nel calcio, tiro effettuato in diagonale] ▶◀ traversone.   cross2 s. ingl. [abbrev. di cross country, propr. attraverso la… …

    Enciclopedia Italiana

  • 98cross- — prefix 1 going from one side to the other; across: a cross Channel ferry (=sailing from Britain to France) 2 going between two things and joining them: cross cultural influences …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 99Cross — The typically straight bar or guard of a Medieval sword, also called a cross guard . A Renaissance term for the straight or curved cross guard was the quillons (possibly from an old French or Latin term for a type of reed) …

    Medieval glossary

  • 100cross- — UK [krɒs] / US [krɔs] prefix 1) across: used with some nouns and adjectives cross border traffic 2) combining or involving different things: used with some nouns, verbs, and adjectives cross cultural events …

    English dictionary