Self-examination |
An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties. |
n. |
Cross |
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. |
n. |
Cross |
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. |
n. |
Cross |
Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune. |
n. |
Cross |
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. |
n. |
Cross |
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. |
n. |
Cross |
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. |
n. |
Cross |
A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
n. |
Cross |
The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
n. |
Cross |
Church lands. |
n. |
Cross |
A line drawn across or through another line. |
n. |
Cross |
A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. |
n. |
Cross |
An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
n. |
Cross |
A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
n. |
Cross |
Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. |
a. |
Cross |
Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. |
a. |
Cross |
Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. |
a. |
Cross |
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. |
a. |
Cross |
Athwart; across. |
prep. |
Cross |
To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms. |
v. t. |