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Maltese and St. Andrew's patriarchal, Greek, and tau Latin, Calvary, and Celtic (Academy Artworks)

n.

1. 1. An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times.
   2. often Cross The upright post with a transverse piece upon which Jesus was crucified.
   3. A crucifix.
   4. Any of various modifications of the cross design, such as a Latin cross or Maltese cross.
   5. A medal, emblem, or insignia in the form of a cross.
2. The Christian religion; Christianity.
3. In Christianity, a sign made by tracing the outline of a cross with the right hand upon the forehead and chest as a devotional act.
4. A trial, affliction, or frustration. See synonyms at burden¹.
5. A mark or pattern formed by the intersection of two lines, especially such a mark (X) used as a signature.
6. A movement from one place to another, as on a stage; a crossing.
7. A pipe fitting with four branches in upright and transverse form, used as a junction for intersecting pipes.
8. Biology.
   1. A plant or animal produced by crossbreeding; a hybrid.
   2. The process of crossbreeding; hybridization.
9. One that combines the qualities of two other things: a novel that is a cross between romance and satire.
10. Sports. A hook thrown over an opponent's punch in boxing.
11. Law. An act or instance of cross-examining; a cross-examination.
12. The Southern Cross.
13. Slang. A contest whose outcome has been dishonestly prearranged.

v., crossed, cross·ing, cross·es.

v.tr.

1. To go or extend across; pass from one side of to the other: crossed the room to greet us; a bridge that crosses the bay.
2. To carry or conduct across something: crossed the horses at the ford.
3. To extend or pass through or over; intersect: Elm Street crosses Oak Street.
4. 1. To delete or eliminate by or as if by drawing a line through: crossed tasks off her list as she did them.
   2. To make or put a line across: Cross your t's.
5. To place crosswise one over the other: cross one's legs.
6. To make the sign of the cross upon or over as a sign of devotion.
7. To encounter in passing: His path crossed mine.
8. To combine the qualities of two things: a movie that crosses horror with humor.
9. Informal. To interfere with; thwart or obstruct: Don't cross me.
10. To betray or deceive; double-cross. Often used with up.
11. Biology. To crossbreed or cross-fertilize (plants or animals).

v.intr.

1. To lie or pass across each other; intersect.
2. 1. To move or extend from one side to another: crossed through Canada en route to Alaska.
   2. To make a crossing: crossed into Germany from Switzerland.
3. To meet in passing; come into conjunction: Their paths crossed at the health club.
4. To move or be conveyed in opposite directions at the same time: Our letters must have crossed in the mail.
5. Biology. To crossbreed or cross-fertilize.

adj.

1. Lying or passing crosswise; intersecting: a cross street.
2. Contrary or counter; opposing.
3. Showing ill humor; annoyed.
4. Involving interchange; reciprocal.
5. Crossbred; hybrid.

adv.

Crosswise.

prep.

Across.

phrasal verbs:

cross over

1. To change from one condition or loyalty to another.
2. Genetics. To exchange genetic material. Used of homologous chromosomes.

cross up

1. To ruin completely: Their lack of cooperation crossed up the whole project.

idioms:

cross (one's) mind

1. To come to know; realize: It crossed my mind that you might want to leave early.

cross (someone's) palm

1. To pay, tip, or bribe.

cross swords

1. To quarrel or fight.

[Middle English cros, from Old English, probably from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux.]

crosser cross'er n.
crossly cross'ly adv.
crossness cross'ness n.

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Securities transaction in which the same broker acts as agent in both sides of the trade. The practice, called crossing, is legal only if the broker first offers the securities publicly at a price higher than the bid.

also cross up

noun

Something hard to bear physically or emotionally: affliction, burden, trial, tribulation. See heavy/light, over/under.

verb

1. To go across: pass, track, transit, traverse. See move/halt.
2. To pass through or over: crisscross, crosscut, cut across, decussate, intersect. See meet.
3. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. annul, blot (out), cancel, delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law vacate. See continue/stop/pause.
4. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose: baffle, balk, check, checkmate, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart. Informal stump. Idioms: cut the ground from under. See allow/prevent.

phrasal verb - cross up

To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack, wreck. Slang total. Idioms: put the kibosh on. See help/harm/harmless.

adjective

Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal crabby, mean. Idioms: out of sorts. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

Idioms beginning with cross:
cross as a bear
cross my heart and hope to die
cross someone's palm with silver
cross someone's path
cross swords
cross to bear

See also at cross purposes; at the crossroads; caught in the middle (cross-fire); dot one's i's and cross one's t's; double cross; get one's wires crossed.

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adj

Definition: very angry; in a bad mood
Antonyms: animated, cheerful, happy, pleasant

v

Definition: betray, hinder
Antonyms: abet, aid, assist, help

v

Definition: hybridize, mix
Antonyms: unmix

v

Definition: intersect, lie across
Antonyms: divide, part, separate

v

Definition: traverse an area
Antonyms: remain, stay

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n. a cross-shaped decoration awarded for personal valor: the Military Cross.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Dedications of churches to St. Cross or Holy Cross are mentioned in this work only to remove misconceptions. These churches are dedicated not to a saint but to Christ on the Cross, the instrument of his humiliation, which has been venerated in Christian tradition as the object most closely associated with his redemptive death. It was believed to have been discovered at Jerusalem in 335 in the course of excavations for the foundations of Constantine's basilica of the Holy Sepulchre on Mount Calvary. Details about his mother Helen's share in the find, together with some cures associated with it, may be apocryphal. Cyril of Jerusalem wrote in 346 that ‘the saving wood of the Cross was found at Jerusalem in the time of Constantine and that it was disturbed fragment by fragment from this spot’. The stem and title of the Cross were venerated at Jerusalem before the end of the 4th century, described by the pilgrim Etheria and others. From there it spread to Rome, where the basilica of S. Croce was built to house relics of the Passion and Cross, and thence to other churches in the West.

One sign of Anglo-Saxon veneration of the Cross is the fine poem The Dream of the Rood, with unites patristic theology with heroic ideals. Part of it was written in runic characters on the Ruthwell Cross (c.700) and part on the 10th-century Brussels reliquary, which contains a piece of the Cross given to King Alfred by Pope Marinus in 885. Later evidence for its veneration is found in the poem Elene, in calendars, martyrologies, and at least 106 ancient dedications, including those of Holyrood Abbey (Scotland) and St. Cross (Winchester). Later legends about the Cross were recorded in the Golden Legend and illustrated by artists such as Piero della Francesca in the church of San Francesco, Arezzo (Tuscany).

Feasts of the Holy Cross are the Exaltation on 14 September (which commemorates its restoration to Jerusalem by the Emperor Heraclius) and the Finding on 3 May. The latter was suppressed in the 1969 revision of the Roman calendar, but the former retained.

Bibliography
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• O.D.C.C., s.v.; M. Swanton, The Dream of the Rood (1970)

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The many ways in which material representations of the cross, and the gesture of prayer and blessing called the Sign of the Cross, are used in official religious rituals need not be listed here. At the level of folk custom and belief, the cross functions as a powerful protection against evil, and hence as a way of ensuring luck. Children draw a cross on themselves with thumb or finger (generally licking it first) as a form of oath, saying ‘Cross my heart and wish I may die!’ To draw it on one's shoe is said to cure cramps, and revive a foot that has ‘gone to sleep’; Coleridge recalled this from his schooldays, with the rhyme:

Foot, foot, foot is fast asleep!
Thumb, thumb, thumb in spittle we steep!
Crosses three we make to ease us,
Two for the thieves and one for Jesus!

(Table Talk (1835), ii. 59)

There are many references to marking bread-dough and cake mixtures with a cross before baking, to keep the Devil and witches away, so that they rise properly in cooking; other foods were sometimes protected in the same way. No witch could step over sticks or straws laid crossways, or enter through doors or chimneys where a cross had been carved; the symbol was therefore common on witch posts and threshold patterns.

1. An object consisting primarily of two straight or nearly straight pieces forming right angles with one another; the usual symbol of the Christian religion.
2. A monument or small building of any kind surmounted by a cross, 1, as a market cross.
3. A pipe cross.

cross, 3

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1. a cross-shaped figure or structure.
2. any organism produced by mating genetically distinct individuals. See also crossbreeding, cruciate.

• c.-cut grid — see cross-hatch grid.
• c. pregnancy — the fetus is in the horn on the side opposite to the corpus luteum.
• c. table — see horizontal beam.
• c. tie — a common method of restraining a horse for simple procedures such as grooming. The horse is tied to a pillar on either side, the shorter and tighter the better and preferably from the cheek dees of a hackamore. The head should be kept high to avoid the horse lashing out with both feet at once.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

An ancient religious symbol erroneously supposed to owe its significance to the most solemn event in the history of Christianity, but really antedating it by thousands of years. By many it has been believed to be identical with the crux ansata of the ancient phallic worship, but it has been traced even beyond all that we know of that, to the rites of primitive peoples. We have to-day the White Cross as a symbol of chastity, and the Red Cross as a badge of benevolent neutrality in war. Having in mind the former, the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape smites the lyre to the effect following:

    "Be good, be good!" the sisterhood
        Cry out in holy chorus,
    And, to dissuade from sin, parade
        Their various charms before us.
    
    But why, O why, has ne'er an eye
        Seen her of winsome manner
    And youthful grace and pretty face
        Flaunting the White Cross banner?
    
    Now where's the need of speech and screed
        To better our behaving?
    A simpler plan for saving man
        (But, first, is he worth saving?)
    
    Is, dears, when he declines to flee
        From bad thoughts that beset him,
    Ignores the Law as 't were a straw,
        And wants to sin -- don't let him.

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IN BRIEF: To move, pass, or go over something. Also: A religious symbol.

We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water. — Rabindranath Tagore, (1861-1941), Indian Hindu mystic philosopher.

To a religious Christian, a cross carries a clear theological meaning. To someone raised in Christianity but not a practicing Christian, a cross in a dream can represent some aspect of their childhood. We also talk about an unpleasant responsibility, as in a "cross we have to bear."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kors, kryds, bispekors, mindekors, krydsning, blanding, tværgående bevægelse, tværstød, byrde, lidelse
v. tr. - krydse, lægge overkors, slå streg over, crosse, slette, korse sig, give kærestesorg
v. intr. - skære hinanden, ligge overkors, passere, krydse hinanden, blive krydsforbundne
adj. - gnaven, modsat, tværgå2ende, gensidig, tvær, kryds-
adv. - på tværs
prep. - tværs over

idioms:

• cross a check    crosse en check
• cross off    slette
• cross one's arms    lægge armene over kors
• cross one's fingers    krydse fingre
• cross one's heart    give sit æresord
• cross one's mind    falde en ind
• cross oneself    gøre korsets tegn
• cross out    slette, stryge
• cross someone's path    komme på tværs af en
• cross swords    krydse klinger, diskutere
• cross that bridge when one comes to it    tage problemerne når de kommer
• cross the rubicon    foretage en afgørende handling
• crossed in love    have kærestesorg

Nederlands (Dutch)
kruis, kruising, antoniuskruis, kruisteken, kruisvormige onderscheiding, boos, tegengesteld, beproeving, compromis, kruiselings, wederzijds, dwars-/ kruis-/zij- etc., tegen-/ anti- etc., voorzet vanaf de zijkant (voetbal), kruiselingse slag (boksen), oversteken, (elkaar) kruisen, doorstrepen, (elkaar) passeren, dwarsbomen, belazeren, voorzetten, (elkaar) snijdend

Français (French)
n. - croix, (Relig) croix, (Biol, Bot, Zool) croisement, hybride, (Cout) biais, (Sport) centre (football)
v. tr. - (lit) traverser, passer (rivière), franchir, enjamber, barrer (ligne), (fig) dépasser (limite, frontière), couper (route), croiser, (Biol, Bot, Zool) croiser, contrarier (qn), (GB) barrer (un chèque), souligner (qch) en rouge (un professeur), cocher, (Sport) contrer (le ballon)
v. intr. - traverser, passer, se croiser, s'entrecroiser, se rencontrer
adj. - en diagonale, transversal, contraire, en colère, fâché, réciproque, hybride
adv. - transversalement, en diagonale
prep. - à travers

idioms:

• cross a check    barrer un chèque
• cross off    barrer, rayer
• cross one's arms    croiser les bras
• cross one's fingers    croiser les doigts
• cross one's heart    croix de bois, croix de fer...
• cross one's mind    traverser son esprit, venir à son esprit
• cross oneself    (Relig) se signer, faire le signe de la croix
• cross out    biffer, barrer, rayer
• cross someone's path    croiser le chemin de qn
• cross swords    croiser l'épée, croiser les armes
• cross that bridge when one comes to it    chaque chose en son temps
• cross the rubicon    franchir le Rubicon
• crossed in love    (avoir) une déception amoureuse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kreuz, Kreuzung, Mittelding
v. - (sich) kreuzen, überqueren, durchschreiten, vereiteln
adj. - böse
adv. - quer, entgegengesetzt, falsch
prep. - kreuz, quer, quer durch

idioms:

• cross a check    einen Verrechnungsscheck ausstellen
• cross off    streichen
• cross one's arms    die Arme überkreuzen
• cross one's fingers    den Daumen drücken
• cross one's heart    Ehrenwort!
• cross one's mind    jmdm. einfallen
• cross oneself    sich bekreuzigen
• cross out    ausstreichen
• cross someone's path    jmds. Weg kreuzen
• cross swords    die Schwerter kreuzen
• cross that bridge when one comes to it    alles zu seiner Zeit
• cross the rubicon    den Rubikon überschreiten
• crossed in love    kein Glück in der Liebe haben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σταυρός, διασταύρωση, επιμειξία, σύμμιξη, υβρίδιο, προϊόν διασταύρωσης, (μτφ.) δοκιμασία, μαρτύριο, αντιξοότητα, αναποδιά, (αθλοπ.) (στο ποδόσφαιρο) πλάγια πάσα
v. - διασχίζω, διαπεραιώνομαι, περνώ απέναντι, διασταυρώνω/-ομαι, τέμνω, διατέμνω, σταυρώνω, ευλογώ με το σημείο του σταυρού, αντιβαίνω, εναντιώνομαι, αντιστρατεύομαι, εξαπατώ, καταδολιεύω, (αθλοπ.) δίνω πάσα, σεντράρω, (οικον.) διγραμμίζω επιταγή
adj. - εγκάρσιος, διαγώνιος, διασταυρούμενος, χιαστός, (καθομ.) κακόκεφος, μουτρωμένος, χολωμένος, φουρκισμένος
pref. - σταυρο-, δια-, αντι-, εγκάρσιος, διαγώνιος

idioms:

• cross a check    διγραμμίζω επιταγή
• cross off    διαγράφω, εξαλείφω
• cross one's arms    σταυρώνω τα χέρια
• cross one's fingers    κάνω το σταυρό μου (να), εύχομαι ενδόμυχα
• cross one's heart    υπόσχομαι κάτι κάνοντας το σταυρό μου
• cross one's mind    μου πέρασε από το μυαλό
• cross oneself    σταυροκοπιέμαι
• cross out    εξαλείφω, διαγράφω
• cross someone's path    παρεμβαίνω στα σχέδια, μπλέκω στα πόδια κάποιου
• cross swords    ανταλλάσσω διαξιφισμούς
• cross that bridge when one comes to it    αντιμετωπίζω ένα πρόβλημα όταν είναι η ώρα του
• cross the rubicon    διαβαίνω/περνώ τον Ρουβίκωνα, προβαίνω σε αποφασιστικό διάβημα
• crossed in love    χωρίς ανταπόκριση στον έρωτά του

Italiano (Italian)
attraversare, incrociare, cross, croce, incrocio, ibrido, segno della croce, arrabbiato

idioms:

• cross a check    sbarrare un assegno
• cross off    cancellare
• cross one's fingers    incrociare le dita
• cross one's heart    giurare
• cross one's mind    venire in mente
• cross oneself    farsi il segno della croce
• cross out    cancellare
• cross swords    incrociare le spade
• cross the rubicon    passare il Rubicone
• crossed in love    pasticci d'amore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cruz (f), sofrimento (m)
v. - cruzar, afligir, contradizer
adj. - cruzado, zangado, contraditório
pref. - cruzado

idioms:

• cross a check    cruzar um cheque
• cross off    riscar
• cross one's fingers    cruzar os dedos
• cross one's heart    jurar (fazendo o sinal da cruz no coração)
• cross one's mind    passar pela cabeça
• cross oneself    fazer o sinal da cruz
• cross out    riscar
• cross swords    degladiar-se
• cross the rubicon    atravessar o Rubicão
• crossed in love    não obter o amor de alguém

Русский (Russian)
пересекать, скрещивать, кросс, крест, гибрид, крестное знамение, злой, перекрестный, противоположный, вспыльчивый

idioms:

• cross a check    поставить "кросс" на чеке
• cross off    зачеркнуть, вычеркнуть
• cross one's fingers    постучать по дереву
• cross one's heart    побожиться
• cross one's mind    прийти на ум
• cross oneself    перекреститься
• cross out    вычеркнуть
• cross swords    вступить в спор, схлестнуться
• cross the rubicon    перейти Рубикон
• crossed in love    предан в любви

Español (Spanish)
n. - carrera a campo traviesa, cruz, cruce, cruzamiento, híbrido, señal de la cruz
v. tr. - cruzar, atravesar, pasar
v. intr. - cruzarse, atravesarse, pasarse
adj. - enfadado, malhumorado, cruzado, atravesado
adv. - en forma cruzada o atravesada
prep. - cross

idioms:

• cross a check    cruzar un cheque
• cross off    tachar, borrar, rayar
• cross one's arms    cruzar los brazos, cruzarse de brazos
• cross one's fingers    tocar madera
• cross one's heart    lo juro por mi vida
• cross one's mind    se me ocurre que
• cross oneself    santiguarse
• cross out    tachar
• cross someone's path    tropezar con uno, crear dificultades a uno
• cross swords    habérselas con, cruzar la espada con, medir las armas con
• cross that bridge when one comes to it    resolver los problemas a su debido tiempo
• cross the rubicon    pasar el Rubicón
• crossed in love    desventurado en amores

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kors, kryss, korstecken, lidande (bildl.), bomärke, tvärstreck i bokstav, korsning, bedrägeri (sl.), inlägg (fotb.)
v. - lägga i kors, korsa, korsa över, göra korstecknet, sätta tvärstreck på, stryka, fara över, gå om, korsa (biol.), grensla, ligga i kors, göra ett inlägg (fo
adj. - korsande, ömsesidig, ond (vard.), sur (vard.), ojuste (sl.), stulen (sl.)
pref. - kors-, mot-, tvär-, sido-, kryss-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
十字架, 交叉路, 十字架形物件, 越过, 渡过, 与...相交, 使交叉, 错过, 横穿, 横渡, 交叉, 相交, 杂交, 生气的, 相反的, 交叉的, 横跨地, 交叉地, 相反地, 成十字形地, 横越, 穿过

idioms:

• cross a check    把支票划上平行横线
• cross off    除去, 取消
• cross one's arms    交叉双臂
• cross one's fingers    把食指与中指交叉
• cross one's heart    在胸口划十字
• cross one's mind    浮现在某人脑海里
• cross oneself    在自己身上划十字
• cross out    删掉, 划掉
• cross someone's path    遇见某人, 阻碍某人
• cross swords    交锋, 争论
• cross that bridge when one comes to it    遇到事情才想办法
• cross the rubicon    下重大决心, 采取断然行动
• crossed in love    在恋爱中受到挫折

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 十字架, 交叉路, 十字架形物件
v. tr. - 越過, 渡過, 與...相交, 使交叉, 錯過
v. intr. - 橫穿, 橫渡, 錯過, 交叉, 相交, 雜交
adj. - 生氣的, 相反的, 交叉的
adv. - 橫跨地, 交叉地, 相反地, 成十字形地
prep. - 橫越, 穿過

idioms:

• cross a check    把支票劃上平行橫線
• cross off    除去, 取消
• cross one's arms    交叉雙臂
• cross one's fingers    把食指與中指交叉
• cross one's heart    在胸口劃十字
• cross one's mind    浮現在某人腦海裡
• cross oneself    在自己身上劃十字
• cross out    刪掉, 劃掉
• cross someone's path    遇見某人, 阻礙某人
• cross swords    交鋒, 爭論
• cross that bridge when one comes to it    遇到事情才想辦法
• cross the rubicon    下重大決心, 採取斷然行動
• crossed in love    在戀愛中受到挫折

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 십자가, 예수의 수난, 잡종
v. tr. - 교차 시키다, 가로지르다, 방해하다
v. intr. - 교차하다, 가로지르다, 잡종이 되다
adj. - 교차한, 거꾸로의, 까다로운
adv. - 가로질러, 형편 사납게
prep. - ~을 가로질러, ~과 교차하여

idioms:

• cross off    (선을 그어) 지우다
• cross oneself    가슴에 십자를 긋다
• cross out    (선을 그어) 지우다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 渡る, 交差する, 行き違いになる, 交差させる, 邪魔をする, 横線を引く
n. - 十字形, 十字標, 十字架, キリスト教, 受難, キリストの受難, 雑種, 混ぜ合わせたもの, 折衷, 十字
adj. - 不機嫌な, 十字形に交わった, 反対の, 横切った

idioms:

• cross a check    小切手に横線を引く
• cross off    削除する
• cross one's arms    腕組みをする
• cross one's fingers    指を重ねる
• cross one's heart    神さまかけて誓う
• cross one's mind    心に浮かぶ
• cross oneself    十字を切る
• cross out    棒引きにする, 帳消しにする
• cross someone's path    偶然出会う, 不意に起こる
• cross swords    剣を交える, 激論をたたかわす
• cross that bridge when one comes to it    取り越し苦労をする
• cross the rubicon    重大決意をする, 背水の陣を敷く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صليب, شعار, وسام, تقاطع, شارة, رمز (فعل) رسم أشارة الصليب, شطب, اجتاز, عبر, قطع, اعترض, عارض, عاكس, سطر, هجن, تقاطع (صفه) غاضب, زعلان, متقاطع, عرضي, مضاد, متضارب, مهجن (بادئه الكلمه) بادئه تعني تقاطع أو حركه بين شيئان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צלב, ייסורים, בן-כלאיים, תערובת, צומת‬
v. tr. - ‮חצה, העביר קו, הצליב, הכשיל, התנגד, הרגיז, העביר כדור (לרוחב המגרש), עבר על פני, הכליא, ערבב סוגים שונים, ערבב, התנגד, ביטל‬
v. intr. - ‮הצטלב, התנגד, היה לא-עקבי‬
adj. - ‮כועס, רוגז, מנוגד, נגדי‬
adv. - ‮לרוחב, במצולב‬
prep. - ‮לרוחב, מעבר ל-, במצולב‬

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cross	Gold Cross
cross cross morph pens	Cross Pendant