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crossed friar
Crutched Crutched (kr?cht), a. 1. Supported upon crutches. 2. [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.
Crossed lens
Lens Lens (l[e^]nz), n.; pl. Lenses (-[e^]z). [L. lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. Lentil.] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. Lenses Note: Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in section in the figures herewith given: viz., a plano-concave; b double-concave; c plano-convex; d double-convex; e converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus; f diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus. Crossed lens (Opt.), a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. Crystalline lens. (Anat.) See Eye. Fresnel lens (Opt.), a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so called from the inventor. Multiplying lens or glass (Opt.), a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied. Polyzonal lens. See Polyzonal.
Crossed riveting
Riveting Riv"et*ing, n. 1. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing. 2. The whole set of rivets, collectively. --Tomlinsin. Butt riveting, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by being riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint. Chain riveting, riveting in which the rivets, in two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other. Crossed riveting, riveting in which the rivets in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next row. Double riveting, in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of the joint. Lap riveting, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are riveted together.
Intercrossed
Intercross In`ter*cross" (?; 115), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Intercrossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercrossing.] 1. To cross each other, as lines. 2. (Biol.) To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.
Star-crossed
Star-crossed Star"-crossed`, a. Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic] --Shak. Such in my star-crossed destiny. --Massinger.

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- Look up crossed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crossed may refer to: Crossed (comics), a 2008 comic book series by Garth Ennis Crossed (novel), a...
- Following volumes Crossed: Family Values, Crossed 3D, and Crossed: Psychopath were written by David Lapham. A new series, Crossed: Badlands, was written...
- The terms "star-crossed" and "star-crossed lovers" refer to two people who are not able to be together for some reason. These terms also have other meanings...
- the Holy Cross. The gesture is referred to by the common expressions "cross your fingers", "keep your fingers crossed", or just "fingers crossed". The use...
- Aleph is cross-shaped in Aramaic and paleo-Hebrew. Egyptian hieroglyphs with cross-shapes include Gardiner Z9 – Z11 ("crossed sticks", "crossed planks")...
- Look up star-crossed or starcrossed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Star-crossed" is a phrase describing a pair of lovers whose relationship is often...
- Crossed fingers is a hand gesture commonly used to wish for luck. Fingers Crossed may also refer to: Fingers Crossed (album), by Architecture in Helsinki...
- Triple Crossed may refer to: Triple Crossed (1959 film), a short subject starring the Three Stooges Triple Crossed (2013 film), a mystery-thriller film...
- rectus (as an adjective, right, proper) and angulus (angle). A crossed rectangle is a crossed (self-intersecting) quadrilateral which consists of two opposite...
- Crossed swords may refer to: Crossed Swords (1954 film), an Italian film "Crossed Swords", an episode of the British sitcom Steptoe and Son "Crossed Swords"...