8.  Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, . See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]

9.  Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes. [1913 Webster]

10.  Numerically small; as, a low number. [1913 Webster]

11.  Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits. [1913 Webster]

12.  Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes. [1913 Webster]
"Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ?" [1913 Webster]

13.  Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem. [1913 Webster]

14.  Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as, a low comparison. [1913 Webster]
"In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull." [1913 Webster]

15.  Submissive; humble. Milton. [1913 Webster]

16.  Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness. [1913 Webster]

17.  Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever. [1913 Webster]

18.  Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate. [1913 Webster]

19.  Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet. [1913 Webster]
" Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like." [1913 Webster]

   The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster]

1.  In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground. [1913 Webster]

2.  Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low. [1913 Webster]

3.  In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly. [1913 Webster]

4.  In time approaching our own. [1913 Webster]
"In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds." [1913 Webster]

5.  With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low. Addison. [1913 Webster]
"The . . . odorous wind
Breathes low between the sunset and the moon." [1913 Webster]

6.  With a low musical pitch or tone. [1913 Webster]
"Can sing both high and low." [1913 Webster]

7.  In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

8.  In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian. [1913 Webster]

   To depress; to lower. Swift. [1913 Webster]

low, adj., n., & adv.
--adj.
1 of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up (a low wall).
2 a situated close to ground or sea level etc.; not elevated in position (low altitude). b (of the sun) near the horizon. c (of latitude) near the equator.
3 of or in humble rank or position (of low birth).
4 of small or less than normal amount or extent or intensity (low price; low temperature; low in calories).
5 small or reduced in quantity (stocks are low).
6 coming below the normal level (a dress with a low neck).
7 a dejected; lacking vigour (feeling low; in low spirits). b poorly nourished; indicative of poor nutrition.
8 (of a sound) not shrill or loud or high-pitched.
9 not exalted or sublime; commonplace.
10 unfavourable (a low opinion).
11 abject, mean, vulgar (low cunning; low slang).
12 (in compar.) situated on less high land or to the south.
13 (of a geographical period) earlier.
--n.
1 a low or the lowest level or number (the dollar has reached a new low).
2 an area of low pressure.
--adv.
1 in or to a low position or state.
2 in a low tone (speak low).
3 (of a sound) at or to a low pitch.

Idiom:
low-born of humble birth. Low Church the section of the Church of England giving a low place to ritual, priestly authority, and the sacraments. low-class of low quality or social class. low comedy that in which the subject and the treatment border on farce. Low Countries the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg. low-cut (of a dress etc.) made with a low neckline. low-down adj. abject, mean, dishonourable.
--n. colloq. (usu. foll. by on) the relevant information (about). lowest common denominator, multiple see DENOMINATOR, MULTIPLE. low frequency (in radio) 30-300 kilohertz. low gear see GEAR. Low German see GERMAN. low-grade of low quality or strength. low-key lacking intensity or prominence; restrained. Low Latin medieval and later forms of Latin. low-level Computing (of a programming language) close in form to machine language. low-loader a lorry with a low floor and no sides, for heavy loads. low-lying at low altitude (above sealevel etc.). low mass see MASS(2). low-pitched
1 (of a sound) low.
2 (of a roof) having only a slight slope.
low pressure
1 little demand for activity or exertion.
2 an atmospheric condition with pressure below average. low profile avoidance of attention or publicity. low-profile adj. (of a motor-vehicle tyre) having a greater width than usual in relation to height. low relief see RELIEF 6a. low-rise (of a building) having few storeys. low season the period of fewest visitors at a resort etc. low-spirited dejected, dispirited. low-spiritedness dejection, depression. low spirits dejection, depression. Low Sunday the Sunday after Easter. low tide the time or level of the tide at its ebb. low water the tide at its lowest.
low-water mark
1 the level reached at low water.
2 a minimum recorded level or value etc. Low Week the week beginning with Low Sunday.

Derivative:
lowish adj. lowness n.

low, n. & v.
--n. a sound made by cattle; a moo.
--v.intr. utter this sound.

Etymology:
OE hlowan f. Gmc

N  smallness, littleness, tenuity, paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance), mediocrity, moderation, small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace, minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow, spark, scintilla, gleam, touch, cast, grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture, inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive, snip, snippet, snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag, chip, chipping, shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair, nutshell, thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean, animalcule, trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity, small, little, diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable, paltry, faint, slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited, meager, sparing, few, low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a low ebb, halfway, moderate, modest, tender, subtle, inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small, atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare, near run, dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent, to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly, imperceptibly, miserably, wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly, faintly, passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand, dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, small sands the mountain, moments make the year.

N  cheapness, low price, depreciation, bargain, good penny worth, snap, gratuity, free quarters, free seats, free admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee, run of one's teeth, nominal price, peppercorn rent, labor of love, drug in the market, deadhead, cheap, low, low priced, moderate, reasonable, inexpensive, unexpensive, well worth the money, worth the money, magnifique et pas cher, good at the price, cheap at the price, dirt cheap, dog cheap, cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty, catchpenny, discounted, half-price, depreciated, unsalable, gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing, costless, expenseless, without charge, not charged, untaxed, scotfree, shotfree, rent-free, free of cost, free of expense, honorary, unbought, unpaid, for a mere song, for a song, at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction, a bon marche.

N  vulgarity, vulgarism, barbarism, Vandalism, Gothicism, mauvis gout, bad taste, gaucherie, awkwardness, want of tact, ill-breeding, courseness, indecorum, misbehavior, lowness, homeliness, low life, mauvais ton, rusticity, boorishness, brutality, rowdyism, blackguardism, ribaldry, slang, bad joke, mauvais plaisanterie, gaudiness, tawdriness, false ornament, finery, frippery, trickery, tinsel, gewgaw, clinquant, baroque, rococo, rough diamond, tomboy, hoyden, cub, unlicked cub, clown, Goth, Vandal, Boeotian, snob, cad, gent, parvenu, frump, dowdy, slattern, in bad taste vulgar, unrefined, coarse, indecorous, ribald, gross, unseemly, unbeseeming, unpresentable, contra bonos mores, ungraceful, dowdy, slovenly, ungenteel, shabby genteel, low, common, hoi polloi, uncourtly, uncivil, ill bred, ill mannered, underbred, ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike, unladylike, unfeminine, wild, wild as an unbacked colt, untutored, unschooled (ignorant), unkempt, uncombed, untamed, unlicked, unpolished, uncouth, plebeian, incondite, heavy, rude, awkward, homely, homespun, home bred, provincial, countrified, rustic, boorish, clownish, savage, brutish, blackguard, rowdy, snobbish, barbarous, barbaric, Gothic, unclassical, doggerel, heathenish, tramontane, outlandish, uncultivated, Bohemian, obsolete, unfashionable, newfangled, odd, particular, affected, meretricious, extravagant, monstrous, horrid, shocking, gaudy, tawdry, overornamented, baroque, rococo, bedizened, tricked out, gingerbread, obtrusive.

N  lowness, debasement, depression, prostration, depression, molehill, lowlands, basement floor, ground floor, rez de chaussee, cellar, hold, bilge, feet, heels, low water, low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide, low, neap, debased, nether, nether most, flat, level with the ground, lying low, crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate, under, beneath, underneath, below, downwards, adown, at the foot of, under foot, under ground, down stairs, below stairs, at a low ebb, below par.

N  disrepute, discredit, ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor, disapprobation, ingloriousness, derogation, abasement, debasement, abjectness, degradation, dedecoration, a long farewell to all my greatness, odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy, dishonor, disgrace, shame, humiliation, scandal, baseness, vileness, turpitude, infamy, tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution, stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur, crying shame, burning shame, scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon, bend sinister, bar sinister, champain, point champain, byword of reproach, Ichabod, argumentum ad verecundiam, sense of shame, disgraced, blown upon, shorn of its beams, shorn of one's glory, overcome, downtrodden, loaded with shame, in bad repute, out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance, at a discount, under a cloud, under an eclipse, unable to show one's face, in the shade, in the background, out at elbows, down at the elbows, down in the world, inglorious, nameless, renownless, obscure, unknown to fame, unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored, unglorified, shameful, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, questionable, unbecoming, unworthy, derogatory, degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous, scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable, ribald, opprobrious, errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious, ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base, to one's shame be it spoken, Int, fie!, shame!, for shame!, proh pudor!, O tempora!, O mores!, ough!, sic transit gloria mundi!.

N  commonality, commonalty, democracy, obscurity, low condition, low life, low society, low company, bourgeoisie, mass of the people, mass of society, Brown Jones and Robinson, lower classes, humbler classes, humbler orders, vulgar herd, common herd, rank and file, hoc genus omne, the many, the general, the crowd, the people, the populace, the multitude, the million, the masses, the mobility, the peasantry, king Mob, proletariat, fruges consumere nati, demos, hoi polloi, great unwashed, man in the street, mob, rabble, rabble rout, chaff, rout, horde, canaille, scum of the people, residuum of the people, dregs of the people, dregs of society, swinish multitude, foex populi, trash, profanum vulgus, ignobile vulgus, vermin, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail, small fry, commoner, one of the people, democrat, plebeian, republican, proletary, proletaire, roturier, Mr, Snooks, bourgeois, epicier, Philistine, cockney, grisette, demimonde, peasant, countryman, boor, carle, churl, villain, villein, terrae filius, son of the land, serf, kern, tyke, tike, chuff, ryot, fellah, longshoreman, swain, clown, hind, clod, clodhopper, hobnail, yokel, bog-trotter, bumpkin, plowman, plowboy, rustic, hayseed, lunkhead, chaw-bacon, tiller of the soil, hewers of wood and drawers of water, groundling, gaffer, loon, put, cub, Tony Lumpkin, looby, rube, lout, underling, gamin, rough, pot- wallopper, slubberdegullion, vulgar fellow, low fellow, cad, curmudgeon, upstart, parvenu, skipjack, nobody, nobody one knows, hesterni quirites, pessoribus orti, bourgeois gentilhomme, novus homo, snob, gent, mushroom, no one knows who, adventurer, man of straw, beggar, gaberlunzie, muckworm, mudlark, sans culotte, raff, tatterdemalion, caitiff, ragamuffin, Pariah, outcast of society, tramp, vagabond, bezonian, panhandler, sundowner, chiffonnier, Cinderella, cinderwench, scrub, jade, gossoon, Goth, Vandal, Hottentot, Zulu, savage, barbarian, Yahoo, unlicked cub, rough diamond, barbarousness, barbarism, boeotia, ignoble, common, mean, low, base, vile, sorry, scrubby, beggarly, below par, no great shakes, homely, homespun, vulgar, low-minded, snobbish, plebeian, proletarian, of low parentage, of low origin, of low extraction, of mean parentage, of mean origin, of mean extraction, lowborn, baseborn, earthborn, mushroom, dunghill, risen from the ranks, unknown to fame, obscure, untitled, rustic, uncivilized, loutish, boorish, clownish, churlish, brutish, raffish, rude, unlicked, barbarous, barbarian, barbaric, barbaresque, cockney, born within sound of Bow bells, underling, menial, subaltern, below the salt, dummodo sit dives barbarus ipse placet.

N  faintness, faint sound, whisper, breath, undertone, underbreath, murmur, hum, susurration, tinkle, still small voice, hoarseness, raucity, inaudible, scarcely audible, just audible, low, dull, stifled, muffled, hoarse, husky, gentle, soft, faint, floating, purling, flowing, whispered, liquid, soothing, dulcet, susurrant, susurrous, in a whisper, with bated breath, sotto voce, between the teeth, aside, piano, pianissimo, d la sourdine, out of earshot inaudibly, (ii) SPECIFIC SOUNDS.

VB  cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow, growl, snarl, bark, bow-wow, yelp, bay, bay at the moon, yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr, yawl, snarl, howl, grunt, gruntle, snort, squeak neigh, whinny, bray, mew, mewl, meow, purr, caterwaul, pule, baa, bleat, low, moo, troat, croak, peep, coo, gobble, quack, honk, gaggle, guggle, crow, caw, squawk, screech cackle, cluck, clack, chuck, chuckle, hoot, hoo, chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle, hum, buzz, hiss, blatter, ratatat.

at a low price, david low, extremely low frequency, high and low, in a low voice, in low spirits, laid low, lay low, lie low, low archipelago, low beam, low blow, low blueberry, low brass, low class, low comedy, low countries, low density, low down, low explosive, low frequency, low gallberry holly, low gear, low german, low grade, low latin, low level flight, low mass, low opinion, low pitch, low pressure, low price, low priced, low priority, low profile, low quality, low relief, low spirited, low spirits, low st andrew's cross, low status, low steel, low sunday, low temperature, low test, low tide, low voice, low warp loom, low water, middle low german, run low, sir david alexander cecil low, sir david low, very low density lipoprotein, very low frequency

st, abbr.
1 Saint.
2 stokes.

battle of st mihiel, common st john's wort, creeping st john's wort, great st john's wort, low st andrew's cross, shrubby st john's wort, st andrews's cross, st bernard, st john's day, st john's eve, st john's night, st john's wort, st john's wort family, st joseph, st martin's day, st mihiel, st patrick's day, st peter's wort, st valentine's day

   andrews(n = noun.person) roy chapman andrews - United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960); Array
is a kind of natural scientist, naturalist

robert andrews millikan, roy chapman andrews

1.  cross(n = noun.artifact) Array - a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece; Array
is a kind of construction, structure

2.  cross(n = noun.attribute) crisscross, mark - a marking that consists of lines that cross each other; Array
is a kind of marking
Derived form verb cross₇

3.  cross(n = noun.artifact) Array - a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry; Array
is a kind of emblem
has particulars: calvary cross, cross of calvary, celtic cross, crucifix, rood, rood-tree, greek cross, jerusalem cross, latin cross, cross of lorraine, lorraine cross, maltese cross, papal cross, patriarchal cross, saltire, st. andrew's cross, st. anthony's cross, tau cross

4.  cross(n = noun.state) crown of thorns - any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
is a kind of affliction
Derived form verb cross₃

5.  cross(n = noun.animal) crossbreed, hybrid - (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
is a kind of being, organism
has particulars: dihybrid, monohybrid
Derived form verb cross₈

6.  cross(n = noun.act) crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids; Array
is a kind of conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union
has particulars: dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal, reciprocal cross, test-cross, testcross
Derived form verb cross₈

1.  cross(s = adj.all) thwartwise, transversal, transverse - extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"

2.  cross(s = adj.all) bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered - annoyed and irritable; Array
Derived form noun crossness₂

1.  cross(v = verb.motion) cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
is one way to go across, go through, pass
Derived forms noun crossing₁, noun crossing₇, noun crossing₅
Sample sentences: These men cross the river

2.  cross(v = verb.motion) intersect - meet at a point; Array
is one way to come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into, see
Derived forms noun crossing₄, noun crossing₃
Sample sentences: Our properties cross at this point; His fields cross mine at this point

3.  cross(v = verb.social) baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
is one way to forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
Derived form noun cross₄
Sample sentences: Sam cannot cross Sue

4.  cross(v = verb.motion) Array - fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"
is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Antonym: uncross
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5.  cross(v = verb.stative) span, sweep, traverse - to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor"; "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
is one way to continue, cover, extend
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

6.  cross(v = verb.motion) Array - meet and pass; "the trains crossed"
is one way to cross, intersect
Sample sentences: Something ----s

7.  cross(v = verb.creation) Array - trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"
is one way to write
Derived form noun cross₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

8.  cross(v = verb.contact) crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed - breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
is one way to breed
Derived forms noun cross₆, noun cross₅, noun crossing₆
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. [1913 Webster]
"Nailed to the cross
By his own nation." [1913 Webster]

2.  The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom. [1913 Webster]
"The custom of making the sign of the cross with the hand or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or preserving from evil, is very old." [1913 Webster]
"Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray." [1913 Webster]
"Tis where the cross is preached." [1913 Webster]

3.  Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune. [1913 Webster]
"Heaven prepares a good man with crosses." [1913 Webster]

4.  A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general. [1913 Webster]
"I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse." [1913 Webster]

5.  An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it. [1913 Webster]

6.  A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. [1913 Webster]
"Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone,
Rose on a turret octagon." [1913 Webster]

7.  A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. [1913 Webster]

8.  The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. [1913 Webster]
"Five Kentish abbesses . . . .subscribed their names and crosses." [1913 Webster]

9.  Church lands. Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]

10.  A line drawn across or through another line. [1913 Webster]

11.  A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. [1913 Webster]
" Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler." [1913 Webster]

12.  An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. [1913 Webster]

13.  A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. [1913 Webster]

1.  Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster]
"The cross refraction of the second prism." [1913 Webster]

2.  Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
"The cross and unlucky issue of my design." [1913 Webster]
"The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvelously cross to the common experience of mankind." [1913 Webster]
"We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross,
One must be happy by the other's loss." [1913 Webster]

3.  Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. [1913 Webster]
"He had received a cross answer from his mistress." [1913 Webster]

4.  Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other. [1913 Webster]