Defn: To shade by means of crosshatching.
CROSSHATCHING
Cross"hatch`ing, n.
Defn: In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.
CROSSHEAD
Cross"head` (-hd), n. (Mach.)
Defn: A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.
CROSSING
Cross"ing, n. Etym: [See Cross, v. t. ]
1. The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
2. The act of making the sign of the cross. Bp. Hall.
3. The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
4. Intersection, as of two paths or roads.