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Crosse
Crosse Crosse, n. [F., crosier, hooked stick.]
The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the
game of lacrosse.
crossed friarCrutched 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 lensLens 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 rivetingRiveting 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. CrossetteCrossette Cros*sette" (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See
Crosier.] (Arch.)
(a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a
door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.
(b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone. DrosselDrossel Dros"sel, n. [Cf. Drazel.]
A slut; a hussy; a drazel. [Obs.] --Warner. EngrossedEngross En*gross", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrossed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engrossing.] [F., fr. pref. en- (L. in) + gros
gross, grosse, n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir,
engroissier, to make thick, large, or gross. See Gross.]
1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in
bulk or quantity. [Obs.]
Waves . . . engrossed with mud. --Spenser.
Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. --Shak.
2. To amass. [Obs.]
To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf. --Shak.
3. To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in
large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible
characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on
parchment.
Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their
stiff and formal chirography on more substantial
materials. --Hawthorne.
Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail. --De
Quincey.
4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy
wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his
thoughts.
5. To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for
the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit;
hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or
degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross
power.
Engrossed bill (Legislation), one which has been plainly
engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments,
preparatory to final action on its passage.
Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of
writing suitable for engrossing legal documents,
legislative bills, etc.
Syn: To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy;
forestall; monopolize. See Absorb. Engrossed billEngross En*gross", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrossed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engrossing.] [F., fr. pref. en- (L. in) + gros
gross, grosse, n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir,
engroissier, to make thick, large, or gross. See Gross.]
1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in
bulk or quantity. [Obs.]
Waves . . . engrossed with mud. --Spenser.
Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. --Shak.
2. To amass. [Obs.]
To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf. --Shak.
3. To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in
large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible
characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on
parchment.
Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their
stiff and formal chirography on more substantial
materials. --Hawthorne.
Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail. --De
Quincey.
4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy
wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his
thoughts.
5. To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for
the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit;
hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or
degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross
power.
Engrossed bill (Legislation), one which has been plainly
engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments,
preparatory to final action on its passage.
Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of
writing suitable for engrossing legal documents,
legislative bills, etc.
Syn: To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy;
forestall; monopolize. See Absorb. Engrosser
Engrosser En*gross"er, n.
1. One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.
2. One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such
quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price;
a forestaller. --Locke.
GrosserGross Gross, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
``A gross fat man.' --Shak.
A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
net.
Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from neat, or net, weight. GrossestGross Gross, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
``A gross fat man.' --Shak.
A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
net.
Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from neat, or net, weight. IntercrossedIntercross 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. Interosseal
Interosseal In`ter*os"se*al, Interosseous In`ter*os"se*ous,
a. [Pref. inter- + osseous: cf. F. interosseux.] (Anat.)
Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.
Interosseous
Interosseal In`ter*os"se*al, Interosseous In`ter*os"se*ous,
a. [Pref. inter- + osseous: cf. F. interosseux.] (Anat.)
Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.
LacrosseLacrosse La*crosse", n. [F. la crosse, lit., the crosier,
hooked stick. Cf. Crosier.]
A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians,
now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in
England and the United States. Each player carries a
long-handled racket, called a ``crosse'. The ball is not
handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or
tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it
through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the
field. NonprossedNon-pros Non`-pros", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonprossed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Non-prossing.]
To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said
of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails
to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed. -prossedNol-pros Nol`-pros", v. t. [imp. & p. p. -prossed; p. pr. &
vb. n. -prossing.]
To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to
prosecute. Rossel
Rossel Ros"sel, n.
Light land; rosland. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
Rossel current
Rossel current Ros"sel cur`rent [From Rossel Island, in the
Louisiade Archipelago.] (Oceanography)
A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward
from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Rossel current
Rossel current Ros"sel cur`rent [From Rossel Island, in the
Louisiade Archipelago.] (Oceanography)
A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward
from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.
Rosselly
Rosselly Ros"sel*ly, a.
Loose; light. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Star-crossed
Star-crossed Star"-crossed`, a.
Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic] --Shak.
Such in my star-crossed destiny. --Massinger.
Trossers
Trossers Tros"sers, n. pl.
Trousers. [Obs.] --Shak.
Meaning of Rosse from wikipedia
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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of
Rosse KP FRS (17 June 1800 – 31
October 1867), was an
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Rosse is a
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Rosses (officially
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- Anne Parsons,
Countess of
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previously Armstrong-Jones; 8
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Rosse is a bowl-shaped
lunar impact crater located in the
southern part of Mare Nectaris. It was
named after Irish astronomer Lord
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Rosses Point (Irish: Ros Cheide,
meaning 'promontary of the hill/****embly (trans.
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William Clere Leonard Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of
Rosse HonFTCD (often
known simply as
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Brigades (Italian:
Brigate Rosse [briˈɡaːte
ˈrosse],
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