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163. 12. A four-way joint or connection in a wrought or cast-iron pipe.-13. In elect ., the accidental contact of two wires or conductors belonging to different circuits, or of two parts of the same circuit, in such a manner that a portion of the current flows from one to the other. When such a cro exists between two lines or circuits, they are said to be cro - circuited.— 14. In sporting , a contest decided dishonestly, through one of the parties allowing himself to be beaten, for the sake of gaining money by betting or bribery. - Adoration of the cro . See adoration. Ansate cro . See crux ansata , under crux. -Archbishop's or archiepiscopal cro , the pastoral staff surmounted by a cro . See crozier and pastoral. Bishop's cro . Same as pastoral staff (which see, under staff ).-Buddhist cro . Same as gammadion .-Calvary cro , a cro mounted on three steps or degrees, which are considered as symbolizing Faith, Hope, and Charity. Capital cro , in her . , a cro each extremity of which is finished with a projecting member like an architectural capital or cornice. It is also called a cro capital, a cro corniced at each end, a cro headed after the Tuscan order, and a cro brick-axed, because the ends resemble the brick-axes used by masons. - Capuchin cro , a cro each of whose arms is terminated by a disk, ball, or other rounded form: commonly a cro worn as a jewel, made of plain flat bands of gold, the termination of each arm being a blunt cone with a single diamond or other stone set in it. - Consecration-cro . See conse cration.- Cro and pile, an old game with money, at which the chance was decided according as the coin fell with that side up which bore the cro , or the other, which was called pile , or reverse: equivalent to the heads and tails of the present time. IMG:content-1665.png:[blocks in formation] For they will have no lo Of a penny nor of a cro . IMG:content-1666.png:[blocks in formation] That he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cro , having slain the enmity thereby. Eph. ii. 16. 7. The Christian religion, or those who accept it; Christianity; Christen dom. A pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derived new vigor from opposition, and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cro on the ruins of the capitol. Gibbon, Decline and Fall, xv. Before the cro has waned the crescent's day. Scott . nelé, in her ., same as cro cro ed. Cro cro ed, in her., the cro as an ordinary, with each arm cro ed, differing from a cro cro let in reaching the edges of the escutcheon and in occupying much more of the field. Also called cro brete é, cro crénelé . - Cro cro ed patté, in her . , a cro whose arms are cro ed patté. Also called a cro cro let patté. - Cro cro let. See cro let 1.- Cro degraded and conjoined, in her ., a plain cro having its extremities placed upon a step or steps joined to the sides of the shield. - Cro doublé, in her ., a cro whose upper arm consists of a cro tau. Cro double-parted, in her ., a cro supposed to be cut into four quarters, separated one from the others. Also called cro sarcelé. Cro estoilé, in her . , a cro having its four arms sharply pointed, or a star of four points. This may also be blazoned a cro fitché of all four. - Cro fillet, in her . , a cro composed of the fillet set palewise and barwise, the name denoting merely the width of the arms of the cro .- Cro fitché. See fitché . Cro fleury. Same as cro flory. - Cro flory, a cro whose arms have floriated ends. It differs from the cro patonce in having the sides of the arms parallel for a certain distance, and then curving suddenly outward at the floriated end. - Cro for my, in her ., same as cro patté (which see, under patte ). -Cro gringolé, in her . , same as cro anserated . - Cro in the hawse ( naut .), a phrase expre ing the condition name and for Christ's sake.