CROSS-BREED

The offspring of parents of two different breeds. CROSSES, STONE, in Architectural Antiquities, are of various descriptions, according to the occasion or purpose of their erection. They are said to have originated in the practice of marking the Druid stones with a cro , at the period of the conversion of the Celtic tribes to Christianity. Preaching cro es are generally quadrangular or hexagonal, open on one or both sides, and raised on steps. They were used for the delivery of sermons in the open air; such was the famous Paul's Cro in London. Market cro es are well known. Weeping cro es were so called because penances were finished before them. Cro es of memorial were raised on various occasions; sometimes where the bier of an eminent person stopped on its way to burial, in attestation of some miracle performed on the spot: such are the well-known cro es of Queen Philippa. Cro es served also as land marks; they are especially set up for this purpose on the lands of the Templars and Hospitallers. [s. 314]