Chapter 99

Cross"bow` (-bō`), n. (Archery) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.

Cross"bow`er (-b?`?r), n. A crossbowman.[Obs.]

Cross"bow`man (-man), n. One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.

Cross"bred` (-br?d`), a. (Stock Breeding) Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

Cross"breed` (-brēd`), n. 1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.

2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

Cross"-bun` (-bŭn`), n. A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.

Cross`-cross"let (-kr?s"l?t; 115), n. (Her.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.

Cross"cut` (-kŭt`), v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.

Cross"cut`, n. 1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.

2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.

Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.

Cross"-days` (-d?z`), n. pl. (Eccl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.

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.

Cross"-ex*am`i*na"tion (kr?s"?gz-?m`?-n?"sh?n; 115), n. (Law) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.

Cross"-ex*am"ine (-?m"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cross-examined (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-examining.] (Law) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. "The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses." Kent.

Cross"-ex*am"in*er (-?r), n. One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse- examination.

Cross"-eye` (-?`), n. See Strabismus.

Cross"-eyed` (-?d`), a. Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.

Cross"fish` (-f?sh`), n. (Zo÷l.) A starfish.

Cross"flow` (-fl?`), v. i. To flow across, or in a contrary direction. "His crossflowing course." Milton.

Cross"-gar`net (kr?s"g?r`n?t), n. A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

Cross"grained (-gr?nd`), a. 1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely and irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.

If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.

2. Perverse; untractable; contrary.

She was none of your crossgrained, termagant, scolding jades. Arbuthnot.

Cross"hatch` (-h?ch`; 224), v. t. To shade by means of crosshatching.

Cross"hatch`ing, n. In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.

Cross"head` (-h?d), n. (Mach.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.

Cross"ing, n. [See Cross, v. t. ] 1. The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.

2. The act of making the sign of the cross. Bp. Hall.

3. The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.

4. Intersection, as of two paths or roads.

5. A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.

6. Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

I do not bear these crossings. Shak.

Cross"jack` (kr?s"j?k` or kr?"j?k`), n. (Naut.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.

CRoss"legged` (-l?gd`), a. Having the legs crossed.

Cross"let (-lEt), n. [Dim. of cross.] 1. A small cross. Spenser.

2. [Cf. OF. croisel crucible, and E. Cresset.] A crucible. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cross"let, a. (Her.) Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.

Cross"ly, adv. Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

Cross"ness, n. The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

Cros*sop`ter*yg"i*an (kr?s-s?p`t?r-?j?-a]/>n), a. (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n. One of the Crossopterygii.

||Cros*sop`te*ryg"i*i (kr?s-s?p`t?-r?j?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; tassels, a fringe + &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, dim. of &?;&?;&?;&?; wing, fin.] (Zo÷l.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.

Cross"patch` (-p?ch`; 224), n. An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] "Crosspatch, draw the latch." Mother Goose.

Cross"-pawl` (-p?l`), n. (Shipbuilding) Same as Cross-spale.

Cross"piece` (kr?s"p?s`; 115), n. 1. A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.

2. (Naut.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

Cross"-pur`pose (-p?r`p?s), n. 1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury.

2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys.

To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.

Cross"-ques`tion (-kw?s`ch?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cross- questioned (-ch?nd), p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-questioning.] To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

Cross"-read`ing (r?d`?ng), n. The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.

Cross"road` (-r?d`), n. A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

Cross"row` (-r?`), n. 1. The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.

And from the crossrow plucks the letter G. Shak.

2. A row that crosses others.

Cross"ruff` (-r?f`), n. (Whist) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

{ Cross"-spale` (-sp?l`), Cross"-spall` (- sp?l`), } n. [See Spale & Spall.] (Shipbuilding) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.

Cross"-spring`er (-spr?ng`?r), n. (Arch.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.]

Cross"-staff` (-st?f`), n. 1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.

Cross"-stitch` (-st?ch`; 224), n. A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other. "Tent and cross-stitch." Sir W. Scott. -- Cross"-stitch`, v. t. & i.

Cross"-stone` (-st?n`), n. (Min.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide.

Cross"-tail` (-t?l`), n. (Steam Engine) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

Cross"-tie` (-t?`), n. (Railroad) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.

Cross"-tin`ing (kr?s"t?n`?ng), n. (Agric.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges. Crabb.

Cross"trees` (-tr?z`), n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

Cross"-vault`ing (-v?lt`?ng), n. (Arch.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

Cross"way` (-w?`), n. See Crossroad.

Cross"-week` (-w?k`), n. Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.

Cross"wise` (-w?z`), adv. In the form of a cross; across; transversely. Longfellow.

Cross"wort` (-w?rt`), n. (Bot.) A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.

||Crot`a*la"ri*a (kr?t`?-l?"r?-? or kr?`t?-l?"r?-A), n. [NL. See Crotalum.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.

&fist; Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp.

Crot"a*line (kr?t"?-l?n or kr?`t?-), a. [See Crotalus.] (Zo÷l.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.

||Crot"a*lo (-l?), n. A Turkish musical instrument.

||Crot"a*lum (-l?m), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; rattle.] (Mus.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

||Crot"a*lus (-l?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; rattle.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.

Crot"a*phite (kr?t"?-f?t), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; the side of the forehead.] (Anat.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.

Crot`a*phit"ic (kr?t`?-f?t"?k), n. (Anat.) Pertaining to the temple; temporal.

Crotch (kr?ch; 224), n.; pl. Crotches (-&?;z). [Cf. Crotchet, Crutch.] 1. The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

2. (Naut.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch. Totten.

Crotched (kr?cht), a. 1. Having a crotch; forked.

2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Crotch"et (kr?ch"?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crochet, Crocket, Crosier.] 1. A forked support; a crotch.

The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. Dryden.

2. (Mus.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.

3. (Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.

4. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.

5. (Print.) A bracket. See Bracket.

6. (Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. Dunglison.

7. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.

He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. De Quincey.

Crotch"et, v. i. To play music in measured time. [Obs.] Donne.

Crotch"et*ed, a. Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation. Harmar (1587).

Crotch"et*i*ness (kr?ch"?t-?-n?s), n. The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.

This belief in rightness is a kind of conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes crotchetiness. J. Grote.

Crotch"et*y (kr?ch"?t-?), a. Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.

Cro"ton (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.

Croton oil (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Croton Tiglium, a small tree of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.

Cro"ton bug` (b?g`). [From the Croton water of New York.] (Zo÷l.) A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes.

Cro*ton"ic (kr?-t?n"?k), a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus Croton, or from croton oil.

Crotonic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline organic acid, C3H5.CO2H, of the ethylene, or acrylic acid series. It was so named because formerly supposed to exist in croton oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper.

&fist; The acid characteristic of croton oil is tiglic or tiglinic acid, a derivative of crotonic acid.

Cro"ton*ine (kr?"t?n-?n), n. (Chem.) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil. Watts.

Cro*ton"y*lene (kr?-t?n"?-l?n), n. [Crotonic + acet-ylene.] (Chem.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.

Crot"tles (kr?t"t'lz), n. pl. [Gael. crotal.] A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing. [Scot.]

Crouch (krouch; 129), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crouched (kroucht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crouching.] [OE. cruchen, crouchen, crouken; cf. E. creep, G. krauchen, kriechen, or E. crook to bend, also crouch to cross.] 1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.

Now crouch like a cur. Beau. & Fl.

2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A crouching purpose." Wordsworth.

Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor? Shak.

Crouch, v. t. [OE. cruchen, crouchen, from cruche, crouche, cross. Cf. Crosier, Crook.] 1. To sign with the cross; to bless. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

She folded her arms across her chest, And crouched her head upon her breast. Colerige.

Crouched (kroucht), a. Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.]

Crouched friar. See Crutched friar, under Crutched.

Croud (kroud), n. (Mus.) See Crowd, a violin.

Crouke (krouk), n. A crock; a jar. [Obs.] Chauser.

Croup (kr??p), n. [F. croupe hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr. Cf. Crop.] The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.

So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott.

Croup (kr??p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. Crop.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.

Crou*pade" (kr??-p?d"), n. [F., fr. croupe hind quarters.] (Man.) A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.

Croup"al (kr??p"al), a. Croupy.

Croup"er (kr??p"?r), n. See Crupper.

Crou"pi*er (kr&?;&?;"p&?;-&?;r), n. [F.; prop., one who sits on the croup, and hence, in the second place; an assistant. See 1st Croup.] 1. One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

2. One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.

Croup"ous (kr??p"?s), a. (Med.) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis.

Croupous pneumonia, pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia.

Croup"y (kr??p"?), a. Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough.

Crouse (kr??s), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. [Scot.] Burns.

||Crou`stade" (kr??`st?d"), n. [F., fr. cro&?;te a crust, OF. crouste.] (Cookery) Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon. Bishop.

Crout (krout), n. [G. kraut.] See Sourkrout.

||Crou`ton" (kr??`t?n"), n. [F. cro&?;ton, fr. cro&?;te a crust.] (Cookery) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc.

Crow (krō), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr&udd;) or Crowed (krōd); p. p. Crowed (Crown (krōn), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowing.] [AS. crāwan; akin to D. kraijen, G. krńhen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. √24. Cf. Crake.] 1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." Bayron.

The morning cock crew loud. Shak.

2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. Tennyson.

To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.

Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. Bp. Hall.

Crow, n. [AS. crāwe a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. krńhe; cf. Icel. krāka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. crāwan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]

1. (Zo÷l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

&fist; The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is C. corone. The common American crow is C. Americanus. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under Carrion.

2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. Shak.

3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.

4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.

Carrion crow. See under Carrion. -- Crow blackbird (Zo÷l.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle. -- Crow pheasant (Zo÷l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal. -- Crow shrike (Zo÷l.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia. -- Red-legged crow. See Crough. -- As the crow flies, in a direct line. -- To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).

Crow"bar` (kr?"b?r), n. A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.

Crow`ber`ry (kr?"b?r`r?), n. (Bot.) A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; - - also called crakeberry.

Crowd (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowded; p. pr. & vb. n. Crowding.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr&?;dan; cf. D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.] 1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer.

2. To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak.

3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.

The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign. Prescott.

4. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.]

To crowd out, to press out; specifically, to prevent the publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out the article. -- To crowd sail (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to carry a press of sail.

Crowd, v. i. 1. To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng.

The whole company crowded about the fire. Addison.

Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words. Macaulay.

2. To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room.

Crowd, n. [AS. croda. See Crowd, v. t. ] 1. A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other.

A crowd of islands. Pope.

2. A number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng.

The crowd of Vanity Fair. Macaulay.

Crowds that stream from yawning doors. Tennyson.

3. The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob.

To fool the crowd with glorious lies. Tennyson.

He went not with the crowd to see a shrine. Dryden.

Syn. -- Throng; multitude. See Throng.

Crowd, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr. kyrto`s curved, and E. curve. Cf. Rote.] An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and crwth.]

A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little. B. Jonson.

Crowd, v. t. To play on a crowd; to fiddle. [Obs.] "Fiddlers, crowd on." Massinger.

Crowd"er (kroud"?r), n. One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler. [Obs.] "Some blind crowder." Sir P. Sidney.

Crowd"er, n. One who crowds or pushes.

Crow"dy (krou"d?), n. A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge kind. [Scot.]

Crow"flow`er (kr?"flou`?r), n. (Bot.) A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos-cuculi.

Crow"foot` (kr?"f??t`), n. 1. (Bot.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.

2. (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.

3. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also crow's-foot.]

4. (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. Raymond.

Crow"keep`er (-k?p`?r), n. A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. [Obs.]

Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.

Crown (kr?n), p. p. of Crow. [Obs.]

Crown (kroun), n. [OE. corone, coroun, crune, croun, OF. corone, corune, F. couronne, fr. L. corona crown, wreath; akin to Gr. korw`nh anything curved, crown; cf. also L. curvus curved, E. curve, curb, Gael. cruinn round, W. crwn. Cf. Cornice, Corona, Coroner, Coronet.] 1. A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." Shak.

They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 1 Cor. ix. 25.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. ii. 10.

2. A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

&fist; Nobles wear coronets; the triple crown of the pope is usually called a tiara. The crown of England is a circle of gold with crosses, fleurs-de-lis, and imperial arches, inclosing a crimson velvet cap, and ornamented with thousands of diamonds and precious stones.

3. The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.

Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown. Blackstone.

Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown. Macaulay.

4. Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

There is a power behind the crown greater than the crown itself. Junius.

5. Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. Prov. xvi. 31.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. Prov. xvi. 4.

6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. Milton.

7. The topmost part of anything; the summit.

The steepy crown of the bare mountains. Dryden.

8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. Shak.

Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. Bunyan.

9. The part of a hat above the brim.

10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

12. (Bot.) Same as Corona.

13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. Totten.

14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

15. The dome of a furnace.