Birth |
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son. |
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Birth |
Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction. |
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Birth |
The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency. |
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Birth |
The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth. |
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Birth |
That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable. |
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Birth |
Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire. |
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Birth |
See Berth. |
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Cross |
A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. |
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Cross |
The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom. |
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Cross |
Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune. |
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Cross |
A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general. |
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Cross |
An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it. |
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Cross |
A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. |
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Cross |
A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
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Cross |
The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
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Cross |
Church lands. |
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Cross |
A line drawn across or through another line. |
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Cross |
A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind. |
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Cross |
An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
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Cross |
A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
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