Cross

kros, n. a gibbet on which malefactors were hung, consisting of two pieces of timber, one placed cro wise on the other, either thus IMG:c208_bers_1908_Cro 1.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail_unscaled:Chambers_1908_Cro 1.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail_unscaled or IMG:c209_bers_1908_Cro 2.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail_unscaled:Chambers_1908_Cro 2.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail_unscaled : the instrument on which Christ suffered, and thus the symbol of the Christian religion: the sufferings of Christ: the atonement effected by these: a representation of the cro , a staff surmounted by a cro , a monument, model, or ornament in the form of a cro , esp. that in this form in the centre of a town at which proclamations are made, .: ( Scot. ) a signal or call to arms sent throughout a district, being a cro of two sticks charred and dipped in blood ( Fiery cro ): the transverse part of an anchor, or the like: a surveyor's cro -staff: anything that cro es or thwarts: a cro ing or cro way: adversity or affliction in general.— v.t. to mark with a cro , or to make the sign of the cro .— ns. Cro ′-aisle , a transept aisle of a cruciform church; Cro ′-bear′er , one who carries a cro in a proce ion; Cro ′-bun , a bun marked with the form of a cro , eaten on Good-Friday; Cro ′ing , the making the sign of the cro ; Cro ′-stitch , a double stitch in the form of a cro ; Cro ′let , a little cro .— Crost , obsolete pa.p. of Cro .— Cro -and-pile , the obverse and reverse side of a coin, head and tail; Cro of Calvary , the Latin cro or cro of crucifixion elevated on three steps; Cro of Jerusalem , one having each arm capped by a cro -bar; Cro of Lorraine , a cro with two horizontal arms, combining the Greek and Latin cro es; Cro of St James , a Latin cro figured as a sword; Cro of St Patrick , the saltier cro of Ireland (red on a white ground).— Cro one's mind , to flash acro the mind; Cro the path of any one , to thwart him.— Ansate cro ( crux ansata ), a common symbol of immortality in ancient Egypt; Archiepiscopal cro , the pastoral staff surmounted by a cro ; Buddhist cro , the gammadion or fylfot, with returned arms, a symbol found in prehistoric remains in Italy and elsewhere; Capital cro , a Greek cro having each extremity terminated in an ornament like a Tuscan capital; Capuchin-cro , a cro having each arm terminated by a ball; Celtic cro , a type of cro found in Ireland and in the north and west of Scotland, varying from a cro incised on a flat slate to an elaborate cruciform monument—some cro es of this type show Scand in avian workmanship, and hence are often called Runic cro es ; Greek cro , an upright cro with limbs of equal length—the well-known Cro of St George (red on a white ground); Latin cro ( crux immi a ), an upright cro having the lower limb longer than the others; Maltese cro , the badge of the knights of Malta, converging to a point in the centre, with two points to each limb; Norman cro , an elaborate memorial cro like a Gothic turret set on the ground, or on the base of a few steps, with niches for figures and pinnacles; Patriarchal cro , a cro with two horizontal bars; Rouen cro , a cro in fretwork, as a brooch or pendant; St Andrew's cro ( crux dec us sat a ), or Cro saltier , a cro of two shafts of equal length cro ed diagonally at the middle—the saltier cro of Scotland (white on a blue ground); St Anthony's cro ( crux commi a ), shaped like a IMG:c210_20px_Chambers_1908_Cro 3.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail:Chambers_1908_Cro 3.png-20px-Chambers_1908_Cro 3.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail ; Southern cro , a constellation in the Antarctic region where the stars are in the form of a cro . [O. Fr. crois (Fr. croix )—L. cruc-em , orig. an upright post to which latterly a cro -piece was added.]