cross(2) (iou) and out 2, preposition (oh)

cross(2) (iou)

cross noun. See also CROSS-. LOE.
[Old Norse kross from Old Irish cros (corresp. to Gaelic crois, Welsh croes) from late Latin var. of Latin CRUX, cruc-, whence also Old French croiz, crois (mod. croix).]
I.
A monument consisting of or surmounted by an upright and a short transverse piece, symbolizing the Cross of Jesus (sense 3 below). LOE.
See also CROSS-.
b. A market-place; a market. Now dial. L16.
A tall upright stake usu. with a transverse beam, to which a person was fastened as a mode of execution in the ancient world. ME.
Calvary cross, cross Calvary: see CALVARY 1. holy cross: see HOLY adjective. St Cross: see SAINT noun & adjective.
spec. (Also Cross.) The particular structure on which Jesus was crucified. ME.
Invention of the Cross: see INVENTION noun. St Cross: see SAINT noun & adjective. Station of the Cross: see STATION noun 10. the Way of the Cross: see WAY noun.
Christian Church. A devotional and liturgical act in which a hand or digit traces the shape of a cross on the body of oneself or another, usu. on the forehead or by touching in turn the forehead, chest, each shoulder, and the chest again. Now usu. sign of the cross. ME.
A model of a cross (sense 2 above) as a religious emblem in a church, an ornament worn round the neck, etc. ME.
creep to the cross: see CREEP verb 1.
A. Wilson A small opal cross on her ample bosom.
A staff surmounted by a cross and carried in religious processions, esp. as an archbishop's emblem of office. ME.
a. (Also Cross.) The Christian Religion. ME.
b. Christian Church. (Also Cross.) The atonement accomplished by Christ through his Crucifixion and death. LME.
An affliction seen as to be borne with Christian patience; any source of personal trouble or vexation. ME.
Aldous Huxley We all have our cross to bear. J. Cary My father was..a cross and burden to his family.
A more or less elaborate representation of a cross on a surface, as a religious symbol. ME.
A figure of a cross stamped on one side of a coin; a coin bearing such a figure; any coin. arch. ME.
cross and pile, cross or pile (a) arch. the obverse and (or) reverse of a coin; a coin; money; (b) (usu. with cast, throw, etc.) a toss-up (lit. & fig.).
A mark or figure consisting of two short lines cutting one another, usu. at right angles; any object seen as having a similar shape. LME.
long cross: see LONG adjective1. noughts and crosses: see NOUGHT pronoun & noun 4.
Evelyn The body of the Church formes a Crosse. D. Storey Examining the marks, the ticks, the crosses.
A stylized representation of a cross used as a heraldic device. LME.
Celtic cross, Greek cross, Latin cross, Lorraine cross, Maltese cross, St Andrew's cross, St Anthony cross, St George's cross, tau cross, Teutonic cross, etc.
b. An order of knighthood or a decoration for valour having a cross as its emblem; the emblem itself; a recipient of such an honour. L17.
Distinguished Flying Cross, George Cross, Iron Cross, Military Cross, Victoria Cross, etc. Grand Cross the highest degree of any of certain orders of knighthood having a cross-shaped decoration.
the Cross (more fully the Southern Cross), (the name of) a small but conspicuous constellation of the southern hemisphere, lying in the Milky Way near Centaurus and having a cross- or kite-shaped group of four bright stars pointing approximately north-south. M16.
A surveyor's instrument having two sights at right angles to one another. M17.
II. a. A crossed position. Chiefly in on cross (surviving as ACROSS adverb). LME-M17.
b. the cross, the diagonal across the warp of a material, the bias. Chiefly in on the cross after verbs like cut. L19.
A place where two lines or routes cross each Other. M16.
An instance of being thwarted, a disappointment. L16.
W. H. Dixon Anne was suffering from a cross in love.
An intermixture of animal breeds or of plant varieties or species; an animal or plant so produced, a hybrid. M18.
FIRST cross. reciprocal cross: see RECIPROCAL adjective.
b. A thing or person intermediate in character or appearance between two different things or persons. L18.
R. S. Surtees A cross between a military dandy and a squire. G. Maxwell The studio came to look like a cross between a monkey-house and a furniture repository.
a. the cross, dishonest or fraudulent practices; criminal activities. slang. E19.
on the cross dishonest(ly), criminal(ly).
b. A fraudulent deed or arrangement. slang. E19.
A transverse movement; Theatrical a movement from one side of the stage to the Other; a blow in boxing that crosses the opponent's lead; a cross-pass. M19.
J. Dempsey The right cross, deadliest of all counterpunches.
? In Old English only in place-names.
crossless adjective L15.

out 2, preposition (oh)

2 W1S1 prep
informal especially AmE from the inside to the outside of something - many teachers of British English consider it incorrect to use 'out' as a preposition
::Karen looked out the window at the back yard.
::Get out the car and push with the rest of us!

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