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Look up crossing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crossing may refer to: Crossing (2008 film), a South Korean film Crossing (2024 film), an internationally
Crossing
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up crossing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Crossing may refer to: The Crossing (play), a 2006 play by Zimbabwean playwright Jonathan Nkala
The_Crossing
2023 Canadian romantic drama series
Sullivan's Crossing is a Canadian romantic drama television series, which premiered on March 19, 2023 on CTV. The second season premiered April 14, 2024
Sullivan's Crossing (TV series)
Sullivan's_Crossing_(TV_series)
Video game series developed by Nintendo
Animal Crossing is a social simulation video-game series developed and published by Nintendo. It was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. The
Animal_Crossing
Scramble crossing in Tokyo
Shibuya Scramble Crossing (渋谷スクランブル交差点, Shibuya sukuranburu kōsaten), commonly known as Shibuya Crossing, is a scramble crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Shibuya_Crossing
1990 film by the Coen brothers
Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay
Miller's_Crossing
Intersection where a road crosses a railway at the same level
A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to
Level_crossing
Type of pedestrian crossing
A pelican crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing with traffic signals for both pedestrians and vehicular traffic, activated by call buttons for pedestrians
Pelican_crossing
American television crime drama series (2001–2007)
Crossing Jordan is an American crime drama television series created by Tim Kring, that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001, to May 16, 2007. It stars
Crossing_Jordan
Type of pedestrian crossing
A zebra crossing (British English) or a marked crosswalk (American English) is a pedestrian crossing marked with white stripes (zebra markings). Normally
Zebra_crossing
1889 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Crossing the Bar" is an 1889 elegiac poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The narrator uses an extended metaphor to compare death with crossing the "sandbar"
Crossing_the_Bar
Idiom to mean a point of no return
The phrase "crossing the Rubicon" is an idiom meaning "passing the point of no return". Its meaning comes from the crossing of the Rubicon river by Julius
Crossing_the_Rubicon
1960 western novel by John Williams
Butcher's Crossing is a western novel by John Williams, originally published in 1960. The story follows William Andrews, a young Harvard student who leaves
Butcher's_Crossing
Place designated for pedestrians to cross a road
A pedestrian crossing (or crosswalk in American and Canadian English) is a place designated for pedestrians to cross a road, street, or avenue. The term
Pedestrian_crossing
2020 video game
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a 2020 social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fifth main installment
Animal_Crossing:_New_Horizons
Passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean
Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas. The majority of passenger
Transatlantic_crossing
Tunnel and bridge between Kent and Essex, UK
Dartford–Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames
Dartford_Crossing
LGBTQ symbol
A rainbow crossing or rainbow crosswalk is a pedestrian crossing that has the art of the rainbow flag installed to celebrate the LGBTQ community. Rainbow
Rainbow_crossing
Shallow section of river or stream
Fords may be impassable during high water. A low-water crossing is a low bridge that allows crossing over a river or stream when water is low but may be
Ford_(crossing)
Australian mountaineering expedition
Charles Wentworth in 1813 was the first recorded crossing of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. The crossing enabled the settlers to access and use the
1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains
1813_crossing_of_the_Blue_Mountains
British writer
William Crossing (1847–1928) was a writer and chronicler of Dartmoor and the lives of its inhabitants. He lived successively in South Brent, Brentor and
William_Crossing
Underpass for pedestrians and cycles
A subway, also known as an underpass, is a grade-separated pedestrian crossing running underneath a road or railway in order to entirely separate pedestrians
Subway_(crossing)
Type of pedestrian crossing in the United Kingdom
A puffin crossing (its name derived from the phrase "pedestrian user-friendly intelligent") is a type of pedestrian crossing in use in the United Kingdom
Puffin_crossing
U.S. telecommunications company (1997–2011)
Global Crossing Limited was a telecommunications company that provided computer networking services and operated a tier 1 carrier. It maintained a large
Global_Crossing
2022 film by Gabe Polsky
Butcher's Crossing is a 2023 American Western film directed by Gabe Polsky in his narrative feature film debut, based on the 1960 novel by John Edward
Butcher's_Crossing_(film)
1975 studio album by Rod Stewart
Atlantic Crossing is the sixth solo album by Rod Stewart. Released on 15 August 1975, and recorded in five American studios including Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Atlantic_Crossing
Proposed bridge or tunnel connection between Russia and Alaska
A Bering Strait crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel that would span the relatively narrow and shallow Bering Strait between the Chukotka Peninsula
Bering_Strait_crossing
2001 video game
Animal Crossing, known in Japan as Dōbutsu no Mori, is a social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo. It was first released in 2001 for
Animal_Crossing_(video_game)
Natural ford of the Pecos River in Texas
Lancaster Crossing, also known as Indian Ford, Pecos Crossing, Solomon's Ford, Crossing of the Pecos, Crossing Rio Pecos, Ferry of the Pecos, and Ford
Lancaster_Crossing
Changing one's political allegiance while in office
caucus. While these practices are legally permissible in most countries, crossing the floor can lead to controversy and media attention. Some countries like
Crossing_the_floor
1991 marketing book by Geoffrey A. Moore
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers or simply Crossing the Chasm (1991, revised 1999 and 2014), is a
Crossing_the_Chasm
Topics referred to by the same term
Border Crossing may refer to: Border Crossing (novel), a 2001 novel by English author Pat Barker Border Crossing, an album by saxophonist Mike Osborne
Border_Crossing
Initiation rite for first crossing of the equator
The line-crossing ceremony, also known as Crossing the Line, is an initiation rite in some English-speaking countries that commemorates a person's first
Line-crossing_ceremony
A crossing network is an alternative trading system (ATS) that matches buy and sell orders electronically for execution without first routing the order
Crossing_network
Mixed group of barbarians invading Gaul (406)
The crossing of the Rhine by a mixed group of barbarians which included Vandals, Alans and Suebi is traditionally considered to have occurred on 31 December
Crossing_of_the_Rhine
Person who aids pedestrians at busy roadways
A crossing guard (North American English), lollipop woman/man/lady/person (British, Irish, and Australian English), or school road patrol (New Zealand
Crossing_guard
Index of articles associated with the same name
A river crossing is a means to get from one river bank to the other and may refer to: A ford (crossing) A bridge A tunnel Any type of ferry A cable ferry
River_crossing
Excited state dynamic
Intersystem crossing (ISC) is an isoenergetic radiationless process involving a transition between the two electronic states with different spin multiplicity
Intersystem_crossing
1988 film directed by Joan Micklin Silver
Crossing Delancey is a 1988 American romantic comedy film adapted by Susan Sandler from her play of the same name, and directed by Joan Micklin Silver
Crossing_Delancey
1982 film by Delbert Mann
Night Crossing is a 1982 thriller drama film starring John Hurt, Jane Alexander and Beau Bridges. The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and
Night_Crossing
Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hoppers Crossing is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km (15 mi) south-west of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City
Hoppers_Crossing
Topics referred to by the same term
Washington Crossing the Delaware may refer to: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, an event during the American Revolutionary War before
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware
Road bridge across the Firth of Forth, Scotland
The Queensferry Crossing (formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing) is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge
Queensferry_Crossing
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up crossings in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crossings may refer to: Crossings (Buffy novel), a 2002 original novel based on the U.S. television
Crossings
Pope's Crossing was a ford on the Pecos River located one mile south of the New Mexico–Texas border on the modern Loving–Reeves county line. Discovered
Pope's_Crossing
Series of paintings by Jacques-Louis David
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant
Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps
1976 film by George Pan Cosmatos
The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Tom Mankiewicz and Robert Katz
The_Cassandra_Crossing
Former border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, closed in 2011
The Karni Crossing (Arabic: معبر كارني or معبر المنطار; Hebrew: מעבר קרני) was a cargo terminal on the Israel-Gaza Strip barrier located in the north-eastern
Karni_crossing
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up crossing the line or cross the line in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crossing the Line may refer to: Crossing the line (filmmaking), breaking
Crossing_the_Line
1776 surprise attack against Hessian forces
The location of all 3 of the crossings Trenton Mount Holly George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River
George_Washington's_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River
Topics referred to by the same term
Road crossing may refer to: Road intersection Railroad crossing (or level crossing) Pedestrian crossing Strand Road Crossing, a terminus in the United
Road_crossing
1953 film noir mystery film by Joseph M. Newman
Dangerous Crossing is a 1953 American mystery film starring Jeanne Crain and Michael Rennie and directed by Joseph M. Newman. Based on the 1943 radio play
Dangerous_Crossing
2009 American film
Crossing Over is a 2009 American crime drama film written and directed by Wayne Kramer. It follows illegal immigrants of different nationalities struggling
Crossing_Over_(film)
2017 film by Ridley Scott
enter cryosleep.[better source needed] The second prologue, called The Crossing and directed by Ridley Scott, reveals what happened to Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi
Alien:_Covenant
Stream in Navajo County, Arizona
to Kinder Crossing Trail, a hiking route along the creek. Other crossings with trails include Horse Crossing, Jones Crossing and Mack Crossing. Map all
East_Clear_Creek
1995 film by Sean Penn
The Crossing Guard is a 1995 American independent drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Sean Penn. The film stars Jack Nicholson, David Morse
The_Crossing_Guard
Border crossing on the northern end of the Gaza Strip
The Erez Crossing (Hebrew: מעבר ארז), also known as the Beit Hanoun Crossing (Arabic: معبر بيت حانون), is a border crossing between the Gaza Strip and
Erez_Crossing
Webcomic by Andy Weir
Cheshire Crossing is a fantasy webcomic written and originally illustrated by Andy Weir from 2006 to 2008, and later re-illustrated by Sarah Andersen for
Cheshire_Crossing
Approved road crossing of the River Thames
The Lower Thames Crossing is an under construction road crossing of the Thames estuary downstream of the Dartford Crossing that would link the English
Lower_Thames_Crossing
International border between India and Bangladesh
cross the border to India. Because of a large number of illegal immigrants crossing from Bangladesh into India, a controversial shoot-on-sight policy has been
Bangladesh–India_border
Point where a function crosses an axis and changes sign
A zero-crossing is a point where the sign of a mathematical function changes (e.g. from positive to negative), represented by an intercept of the axis
Zero_crossing
Diagonally crossing from one public land to another
Corner crossing is the act of stepping from one parcel of public land to another at the intersection (or "corner") of two public parcels that are diagonally
Corner_crossing
Junction of the four arms of a cruciform church
A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church. In a typically oriented church (especially
Crossing_(architecture)
Multinational action crime thriller television series
Crossing Lines is an internationally co-produced crime drama television series created and executive produced by Edward Allen Bernero and Rola Bauer. The
Crossing_Lines
Rate at which a signal changes
The zero-crossing rate (ZCR) is the rate at which a signal changes from positive to zero to negative or from negative to zero to positive. Its value has
Zero-crossing_rate
Wildlife overpass spanning US Route 101 in Ventura County, California
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is a vegetated overpass currently under construction in Agoura Hills, California, at Liberty Canyon. Originally
Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
Wallis_Annenberg_Wildlife_Crossing
Two bridges in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Strelasund Crossing is the two links to the German island of Rügen (Rugia) over the Strelasund to the West Pomeranian mainland near Stralsund: the Rügen
Strelasund_Crossing
Structures enabling wildlife to safely cross human-made barriers
Wildlife crossings are structures that allow animals to cross human-made barriers safely. Wildlife crossings may include underpass tunnels or wildlife
Wildlife_crossing
Egypt–Palestine border crossing
The Rafah Border Crossing (Arabic: معبر رفح, romanized: Ma`bar Rafaḥ) or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between Egypt and Palestine's
Rafah_Border_Crossing
Topics referred to by the same term
Crossing Over may refer to: Chromosomal crossover, a cellular process "Crossing Over" a song by Van Halen on the Japanese release of their 1995 album
Crossing_Over
Place designated for cyclists to cross a road
A bicycle crossing or cyclist crossing, is a part of a road used by cyclists to cross a roadway or cycle path. It is the cyclist's version of a pedestrian
Cyclist_crossing
Hand gesture
children when telling a white lie. By extension, a similar belief is that crossing one's fingers invalidates a promise being made. The crossed fingers gesture
Crossed_fingers
Bridge between New Jersey and New York
The Outerbridge Crossing, also known as the Outerbridge, is a cantilever bridge that spans the Arthur Kill between Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Staten
Outerbridge_Crossing
Bridge over the Willamette River, Portland, OR, USA
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People is a cable-stayed bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was designed by TriMet
Tilikum_Crossing
1944 World War II military operation
of the first day all water crossings were 100 percent in allied hands, or German troops prevented from using the crossings, except for the large Nijmegen
Operation_Market_Garden
Topics referred to by the same term
A Grand crossing is a bridge or tunnel at a major water body. Grand Crossing may also refer to a place in the United States: Grand Crossing, Florida Greater
Grand_Crossing
Quantum physics and chemistry phenomenon
quantum physics and quantum chemistry, an avoided crossing (AC, sometimes called intended crossing, non-crossing or anticrossing) is the phenomenon where two
Avoided_crossing
2018 American television series
The Crossing is an American science fiction drama series that aired on ABC. The series debuted on April 2, 2018, and aired its final episode on June 9
The_Crossing_(TV_series)
Palmers Crossing is an area south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi that has been home to a largely African American community. The Mississippi Department of
Palmers_Crossing
Street cleaner
A crossing sweeper was a person working as a street sweeper who would sweep a path ahead of people crossing dirty urban streets in exchange for a gratuity
Crossing_sweeper
Topics referred to by the same term
Crossing number may refer to: Crossing number (knot theory) of a knot is the minimal number of crossings in any knot diagram for the knot. The average
Crossing_number
Study of mathematical knots
which there are no reducible crossings (also nugatory or removable crossings), or in which all of the reducible crossings have been removed. A petal projection
Knot_theory
2012 single by LiSA
"Crossing Field" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by Japanese pop singer Lisa. It was released on August 8, 2012, and gained prominence as the first
Crossing_Field
Road crossing for pedestrians and horse riders
A pegasus crossing (United Kingdom; also equestrian crossing) is a type of signalised pedestrian crossing, with special consideration for horse riders
Pegasus_crossing
Book by Carolyn Keene
Double Crossing is a Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Supermystery crossover novel. It was published in 1988 under the Carolyn Keene pseudonym. Nancy and George
Double_Crossing
Topics referred to by the same term
Crossing of the Rhine or Rhine crossing may refer to: Crossing of the Rhine, 406 AD, by the Vandals, Alans and Suebi into the Roman Empire, east to west
Crossing of the Rhine (disambiguation)
Crossing_of_the_Rhine_(disambiguation)
1st episode of the 35th season of The Simpsons
"Homer's Crossing" is the season premiere of the thirty-fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 751st episode overall
Homer's_Crossing
Shopping district in Boston, Massachusetts
71°03′38″W / 42.355450°N 71.060460°W / 42.355450; -71.060460 Downtown Crossing is a shopping district within Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, located east
Downtown_Crossing
Location in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Torkham border crossing (Urdu, Persian, and Pashto: تورخم Tūrkham) is a major border crossing between the Pakistani city of Torkham and Afghanistan, located
Torkham_border_crossing
Topics referred to by the same term
Washington Crossing or Washington's Crossing may refer to: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, event during the American Revolutionary
Washington_Crossing
Type of pedestrian crossing
The panda crossing was a type of signal-controlled pedestrian crossing used in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1967. In the early-1960s, the British Ministry
Panda_crossing
Crossings across the Pacific Ocean
Transpacific crossings are voyages of passengers and cargo across the Pacific Ocean between Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Transpacific voyages frequently
Transpacific_crossing
Combined pedestrian and bicycle crossing
A toucan crossing is the British term for a type of pedestrian crossing that also allows bicycles to be ridden across. Since "two can" cross together (both
Toucan_crossing
Type of train guidance mechanism
A swingnose crossing or moveable point frog is a device used at a railroad switch to eliminate the gap at the common crossing (a.k.a. frog) which can
Swingnose_crossing
1992 American television series
Swans Crossing is an American teen drama television series created by Mardee Kravit and Ned Kandel. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brittany Daniel
Swans_Crossing
This is the list of episodes for the NBC crime drama television series Crossing Jordan. It was broadcast from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007 and was
List of Crossing Jordan episodes
List_of_Crossing_Jordan_episodes
Railway crossing in Colton, California
Colton Crossing is a railway crossing situated in Colton, California, directly south of Interstate 10. It is where the Sunset Route and the Southern Transcon
Colton_Crossing
Ritual blessing made by members of some branches of Christianity
of the cross (Latin: signum crucis), also known as blessing oneself or crossing oneself, is both a prayer and a ritual blessing made by members of some
Sign_of_the_cross
Shopping mall in North Carolina, United States
Monroe Crossing Mall (Monroe Crossing) is a 395,000 square feet (37,000 m2) regional mall located in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, United States
Monroe_Crossing
Pedestrian and cycle footbridge in Sunderland, UK
Keel Crossing is a pedestrian and cycle footbridge in Sunderland that first opened temporarily (for one day) on 22 August 2025 for the opening match of
Keel_Crossing
CROSSING
CROSSING
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
From the Willow Ford; Willow River Crossing
Boy/Male
British, English, Scandinavian
Medieval Given Name from Scandinavian Mythology; Water Crossing
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : occupational name for a gatherer of tolls exacted for the right of passage across a bridge, ford, or other thoroughfare, from Middle English, Old French travers ‘passage’, ‘crossing’, from Old French traverser ‘to cross’.Northern Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Treabhair (see Trevor).A Travers from the Poitou region of France is documented in Quebec City in 1712, with the secondary surname Sansregret.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic or metonymic occupational name, a variant of Bridge, with fused Anglo-Norman French article and preposition del (‘of the’).Partly Americanized form of German Delbrück, a habitational name from any of several places named Dellbrücke, in Schleswig-Holstein, near Paderborn, and near Cologne. The place name denotes a boarded crossing through swampy terrain.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stride ‘(long) pace’ (from stride(n) ‘to walk with long steps’), presumably a nickname for someone with long legs or whose gait had a purposeful air, although Reaney and Wilson suggest it may also have been a topographic name for someone who lived by a crossing point over a stream, presumably no wider than a stride. They cite as an example a place known as The Strid, in North Yorkshire.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Crossing River; Coming out; Delivering
Boy/Male
English
Lives at the river crossing.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Lancashire and Yorkshire)
English (mainly Lancashire and Yorkshire) : occupational name for a gatherer of tolls exacted for the right of passage across a bridge, ford, or other thoroughfare, from Middle English travis ‘crossing’, variant of travers (see Travers).German : Americanized variant of Drewes.
Boy/Male
English
From the Cattle Crossing
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English American French
Crossing; crossroads; toll gate. In use as both a surname and a first name. Famous Bearers:...
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Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearadhaigh ‘descendant of Fearadhach’, a personal name of uncertain origin, probably an adjective derivative of fear ‘man’.English : metonymic occupational name for a ferryman, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ferry crossing on a river. Middle English feri ‘ferry’ is from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry’, ultimately cognate with the Old English verb ferian ‘to carry’.
Boy/Male
English Scandinavian American
Medieval given name from Scandinavian mythology. Also English surname referring to a water crossing.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English female personal name Lufu ‘love’, or the masculine equivalent Lufa. Compare Leaf 2.English and Scottish : nickname from Anglo-Norman French lo(u)ve ‘female wolf’ (a feminine form of lou). This nickname was fairly commonly used for men, in an approving sense. No doubt it was reinforced by crossing with post-Conquest survivals of the masculine version of 1.Scottish : see McKinnon.Dutch (de Love) : respelling and reinterpretation of Delhove, a habitational name from Hove and L’Hoves in Hainault, for example.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Denver in Norfolk, named as ‘Danes’ crossing’, from Old English Dene ‘Dane’ (genitive Dena) + fær ‘ford’, ‘passage’, ‘crossing’.
Boy/Male
British, English, German, Scandinavian, Teutonic
Dweller Near the Town Crossing; At the Cross
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Having the Quality of Liberation; Crossing over the Water
Boy/Male
English Scandinavian
Medieval given name from Scandinavian mythology. Also English surname referring to a water crossing.
Boy/Male
English American Shakespearean
River crossing.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a washerman, Anglo-Norman French laver (an agent derivative of Old French laver ‘to wash’, Latin lavare).English : habitational name from High, Little or Magdalen Laver in Essex, named from Old English lagu ‘flood’, ‘water’ + fær ‘passage’, ‘crossing’.English : topographic name for someone living where bulrushes or irises grew, Old English lǣfer.
Boy/Male
English
Broad Stream; Wide River-crossing
CROSSING
CROSSING
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Tamil
Prasad offered to God
Girl/Female
Latin German
Happy.
Male
English
Modern spelling of English Jackson, JAXON means "son of Jack."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Happy
Girl/Female
Hindu
A tribal devotee of Lord Rama (Devotee of Ram who offered him berry fruit)
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Holy Place
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Pleasant Night
Girl/Female
Australian, Dutch, French, German, Latin, Romanian, Slovenia
A Nymph
Girl/Female
Spanish American Latin
Earth.
CROSSING
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n.
A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework.
n.
A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut.
n.
A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.
n.
A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
n.
A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.
n.
A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
a.
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
v. t.
The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
n.
The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
n.
A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.
adv.
In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.
v. t.
To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.
superl.
Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
n.
Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.
a.
Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
n.
A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.
v. i.
To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
n.
Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework.
n.
A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.
n.
A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused.