See Also: CROSS(finance)
cross-(dictionary)
cross(3)(dictionary)
Red Cross(dictionary)
hot-cross bun(dictionary)
Red Cross(encyclopedia)
red cross(medicine)
O.K. to cross(finance)
cross-cut bur(medicine)
Cross(medicine)

cross(1) (iou)



cross adjective. See also CROSS-. E16.
[Partly attrib. use of the noun, partly ellipt. use of CROSS adverb.]
Lying across; extending from side to side; transverse; (of a cricket bat) held slanting. E16.
fig.: Disraeli How many cross issues baffle the parties.
b. Of a wind: blowing across one's course. Of a sea: running across the direction of the wind; composed of two sets of waves crossing each other. E17.
Dickens In the cross-swell of two steamers.
Contrary, opposed, (to). Now usu. attrib. M16.
Adverse, unfavourable; not in accord with one's desire. M16.
T. Dekker Such crosse fortune! Defoe We had but a cross voyage.
attrib. Involving interchange or reciprocal action. L16.
Inclined to quarrel or disagree; perverse. L16-M19.
Annoyed, ill-tempered (at, with, to); expressing or showing annoyance or ill temper. M17.
J. Austen I have never had a cross word from him. A. J. Cronin He was cross with her for being out of sorts.
Dishonest; dishonestly come by. slang. E19.
Of an animal or plant: crossbred; hybrid. L19.
crossly adverb L16.
crossness noun L16.