† demi-crossn.
Obsolete.
1. The title of one of the degrees among the Knights of Malta.
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demi-cross1788
1788 Pict. Tour thro' Part of Europe 19 There are also some Demi-crosses, who, by express permission, are authorized to wear the golden cross with three points.
2. An instrument for taking altitudes: see quot. 1753.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Demi-cross, an instrument used by the Dutch to take the sun's altitude, or that of a star at sea..The Demi-cross is of this figure: ⊥.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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n.1753- run upon all fours
- run upon the foil
- run upon the pikes
- run waste
- run wild
- run wild-cat
- run wildcat
- run with
- run with hare and hounds
- run with the ball
- run with the hare and hold with the hound
- run with the hare and hold with the hounds
- run with the hare and hunt with the hound
- run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- run with the herd
- run, go, act counter
- run, go, act counter to
- run, sheep, run
- run-after
- run-and-gun
- run-and-read
- run-and-shoot
- run-down
- run-downness
- run-flat