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(archaic, British slang) Synonym of croziered abbot
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(anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.
adj
Having a back like a camel's; humpbacked.
adj
Alternative form of chequy [(heraldry) Chequered.]
adj
(obsolete) rounded; arched
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Part of an object that fits at its corner.
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(obsolete) A crusade; a holy war.
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(Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
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Alternative spelling of cross-cap [A Möbius band.]
adj
Having the arms crossed.
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(ecclesiastical, obsolete) A archbishop's cross.
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Having a cross on the back.
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A representation of two femurs (thighbones) crossed diagonally, chiefly combined with a human skull as a symbol of danger or death.
adj
Alternative spelling of cross-legged [Having one leg over and across the other.]
adj
Marked with, bearing, or wearing the sign of the cross.
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Alternative spelling of crosier [A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.]
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Any emblem in the shape of a cross.
adj
Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.
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A cross made of a horizontal beam affixed to a vertical post, used for the execution of criminals during the Roman historical period.
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(historical) The simple pole or stake with which in the Roman Empire common criminals were executed either by being impaled with it or being attached to it, typically with the feet resting on a block to avoid a rapid death by asphyxia and using, for economy, only one nail through the hands (below the palm).
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(fashion) A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
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A red cross on a white background displayed for protection of medical personnel in war, and now used by the Red Cross.
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A service stripe, as on an enlistee’s uniform sleeve.
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Having a curved top and a flat base.
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A cross as a Christian symbol of the crucifixion of Christ
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(military) (formerly) the second highest military decoration of Germany, under the military order of the Pour le Mérite, or the cross pattée shape of this decoration.
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A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint; the form of the Christian cross: ✝
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(anatomy) The middle portion of the back.
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(historical) A cross marked on a building occupied by victims of plague, as a warning of contagion.
adj
Laid out or moving in a ring.
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A small disk, circle or other round object.
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A diagonal cross, the figure of a cross that has a form of two intersecting oblique bars.
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(printing, historical) The short crossbar of a printer's chase.
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Alternative form of skull and crossbones [A depiction of a human skull and two crossed femurs (thighbones), a symbol of death traditionally used on the Jolly Roger pirate flag, but now as a warning of toxicity or other dangers.]
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A series of pictures or statues depicting the Stations of the Cross, as laid out around a church, along a road etc.
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(archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
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