a gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a t, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an x. it was anciently used in the execution of criminals.-the sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of christianity, of a christian people, and of christendom.-affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.-a piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.-an appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the cross of the british order of st. george and st. michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.-a monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; charing cross in london.-a common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. see the illustration, above.-the crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.-church lands.-a line drawn across or through another line.-a mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.-an instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.-a pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.-not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.-not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.-characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.-made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.-athwart; across.-to put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.-to lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.-to pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.-to pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.-to run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.-to interfere and cut off; to debar.-to make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.-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.-to cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.-to lie or be athwart.-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.-to be inconsistent.-to interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.