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Patrick, a cro like that of St. Andrew, but red. - Cro of thunder, in her., a cro composed of thunderbolts: it is sometimes represented as a kind of star having forked bolts between the flames.- Cro of Toulouse, a cro resembling the Maltese cro , except that between the barbs of the arrow-heads there is a third point or projection, as if representing the socket. - Cro pal in her ., a cro in the form of a Y, used as a bearing. -Cro patté. See patté . - Cro portate, in her ., a tau-cro with the upright shown bendwise, as if seen in perspective: supposed to be taken from the appearance of a cro when carried on the shoulder. - Cro potent, in her ., a cro each of whose arms terminates with a cro head. Also called cro baton and baton -cro , Cro quarter-pierced, in her ., a cro of which the center is entirely removed, leaving the four arms touching at the angles.-Cro quatrefoil, in her . , a cro composed of four leaves, or a four-leafed clover arranged as a cro . Also called cro of four leaves. - Cro saltier, in her ., same as saltier : an erroneous blazoning. - Cro saltier wise, in her ., any cro other than the ordinary, when borne diagonally on the field. - Cro sarcelé, in her ., same as cro double -parted. - Cro sarceled resarceled, in her . , a cro twice parted, consisting therefore of four barrulets or palets to each arm, the field showing between.-Exaltation of the Cro , a festival observed in the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Church, and the Armenian and other Oriental churches, on September 14th, in commemoration of the apparition of the cro in the heavens to Const an tine, and the subsequent recovery of the supposed true cro by Heraclius, A. D. 628, from the Persians. Fiery cro , in Scotland, a signal transmitted in early times from place to place, as a summons to arms within a limited time. It consisted of a cro of light wood, the extremities of which were set on fire and then extinguished in the blood of a freshly slain goat.- Grand cro , a member of the highest cla of an honorary order: so named from the greater size of the badge (usually a cro ) denoting this cla : equivalent to grand command er (which see, under commander). - Greek cro . See def. 1.- Holy Cro . (a) The name of several orders in the Roman Catholic Church, as Regular Canons of the Congregation of the Holy Cro , Congregation of the Holy Cro , Sisters of the Holy Cro . (b) A society formed by clerical members of the extreme ritualistic section of the English Church. - Invention of the Cro , a festival observed in the Roman Catholic Church on May 3d, and a igned to the same date in the calendar of the English prayer-book, instituted in commemoration of the discovery at Jerusalem, A. D. 326, by the empre Helena, of what was believed to be the true cro . Latin cro . See def. 1.-Order of the Burgundian Cro . See Bur gundian .-Papal cro , a cro with three transoms.Patriarchal cro , a cro with two transoms or cro bars. Pectoral cro , the cro worn hanging on the breast by Roman Catholic and Greek bishops as one of the insignia of their rank. See encolpion . Proce ional cro , a cro placed on a long staff of wood or metal, and carried at the head of ecclesiastical proce ions.Red cro , the cro of St. George, the national saint of England. Sign of the cro , in the Roman Catholic and Eastern churches, an outline of a cro made by motions of the right hand on the forehead, or from the forehead to the breast and from shoulder to shoulder, made by officiating priests as a mode of ble ing, and by the laity as a sign of reverence on entering a church, pa ing the host, and on other occasions. - Southern Cro , a constellation. See crux . - Spanish cro , in music , the sign of the double sharp, X. - Tau-cro . Same as cro of St. Anthony. See def. 1. To bear a cro , to endure with patience a discomfort or trial. - To be under one's cro . See extract. In some parts of Wales the phrase he is under his cro is a pretty common substitute for "he is dead." Atheneum, No. 3069, p. 245. To live or be on the cro , to live by stealing: opposed to to live on the square . [Thieves' slang.] To preach the cro . See preach . To take the cro , in the middle ages, to pledge one's self to become a crusader. This was generally symbolized by a small cro of cloth or other material attached to the shoulder of the cloak or other garment. In the later part of the middle ages, those who went on crusade against the Turks often had a cro brand. ed on the bare shoulder. - To take up the cro , to sub mit to troubles and afflictions from love to Christ. cro 1 (krôs), a. [ acro . There is no distinct line of division between cro as an adjective and cro as a prefix. As a prefix, it often represents the adv, cro 1 , or the prep. cro 1, acro .] 1. IMG:content-1667.png:[blocks in formation] to cro out a wrong word. Newton . The vision is rather dazzled than a isted by the numerous cro lights thrown over the path. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 13, note. 2. Pa ing or referring from one of two objects, parts, groups, etc., to the other; establishing a direct connection of some kind between two things: as, a cro cut ( cro - cut ) , or a short path between two places; a cro reference. The closest affinities of this genus are evidently with Cyllene, but there is an equally evident cro affinity in the direction of Elaphidion. J. L. Le Conte. IMG:content-1668.png:[blocks in formation] These cro points Of varying letters, and opposing consuls. B. Jonson , Sejanus, iv. 5. There was nothing, however cro and perplext, brought to him by our artists, which he did not play off at sight with ravishing sweetne e. Evelyn , Diary, March 4, 1656. We got out of bed back'ards, I think, for we're as cro as two sticks. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, xxix. Cro bill, in law , a bill filed by a defendant against the plaintiff or a co-defendant, or both, in an already pending bill, and seeking affirmative relief touching matters in such pending bill. A cro bill must be limited to matters in the original bill and matters nece ary to be determined in order to an adjudication of the matters in that bill.- Cro interrogatory, an interrogatory proposed by the party against whom a deposition is sought to be taken by the administration of interroga tories. Cro marriages, marriages made by a brother and sister with two persons who are also sister and brother. Cro marriages between the king's son and the archduke's daughter, and again between the archduke's son and the king's daughter. Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII. Cro nervure, cro vein, in entom ., a transverse nervure connecting two longitudinal nervures of the wing, or dividing a wing-cell; specifically, the nervure connecting the median and sub median veins, and forming the outer boundary of the discal cell in the wings of Lepidoptera . Cro pile. See pile . - Cro sea, a sea which does not set in the direction of the wind; a swell in which the waves run in different directions, owing to a sudden change of wind, or to the cro ing of winds and currents. Cro vein. See cro nervure. Syn. 4. Peerish , Fretful , etc. (see petulant ), snappish, touchy, ill-natured, morose, sullen, sulky, sour. cro 1t (krôs), adv . [ acro .] Transversely; contrawi riwise; adversely; in opposition. It standeth cro of Cynthia's way. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. Therefore God hath given us laws, which come cro and are restraints to our natural inclinations, that we may part with something in the service of God which we value. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 52. cro 1 (krôs), v. [In early use in three forms according to the noun: (1) E. cro , kro a = Sw. kors a = Dan. korse ; (2) ME. croisen , croisien, croicien, creoisien, creoicien, creysien , croiser , cruisier , F. croiser = Pr. crozar = Sp. Pg. cruzar = It. croci are , cruciare ; (3) E. crouch2 , crouch en , crowchen , cruchen = D. kruisen (> E. cruise ) = G. kreuzen , cro , = Dan. krydse = Sw. krys sa, cro , cruise; all from the noun. See cro 1, n.] I. trans . 1. To draw or run a line athwart or acro (a figure or surface); lay or pa a thing acro (another); put together transversely: as, to cro the letter t ; the two roads cro each other. Why dost thou cro thine arms, and hang thy face Down to thy bosom?