Crossing

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

II. Crossing ·vt Intersection, as of two paths or roads.

III. Crossing ·vt The act of making the sign of the cross.

IV. Crossing ·vt The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.

V. Crossing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross.

VI. Crossing ·vt The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.

VII. Crossing ·vt A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.

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