Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-03-17

Tho Resources snd Variety Of fafernasiea
"a Ia likely 10 Furnish.

IL IL likely 10 furnish.
The CREST dictionaries are library In
themselves and furnish IN exhaussless
source Of infoE ton A study Of
single word like cross Tn the Century
Dictionary shows the resources and va
riety Of information that familiar
word may furnish. There nTe Isl col
umns devoted to this word and its COM
binations. There are "a pictorial Illus
trations. All in all there ere 257 differ
cnt words made cut CT cross which have
to be q cntd. In Ike great Oxford Die
t.onary here are II pages given to this
word, CT twice as much as In the Gen.
tury. In the Century the study IL
highly afcinaiing. There are u radical
" different sets Of definitions to the
word itself.
The Fundamental idea Is, Of course.
the cross. the crux for crucifying. Lut 1t
has como to LEyo variety Of meaning
as a monument. ciucifix, the atone
ment, the Christian religion itself, any
suffering for Christ's sake, anything that
thwarts or vexes. a mixing OF breeds IN
animal breeding. term used In chang
lux DtaAtCs ~ lOAht Al - ItfsSs t&*E @~~&
dental contact of two electric wires. .
sportsman phrase for contest dishon-
cstly decided.
Then cross becomes an adjective, with
several meanings. Is falling, athwart.
passing from enc Of two positions. per-
verse, etc, TO tie ether. being opposed.
being leevish or fretful. III tempered,
thoroughly contrary. in the breeder .
vocabulary. Then il becomes an adverb,
meaning transyorscly or adversely. Then
1t becomes velb. with NIL kinds Of sig
nificancc. from the running Of line TO
cross n thing. 10 cancel by crossing. to
cross cne's self in devotion, passing from
side 10 siGc II IA man, 10 20 over body
| of water, TO obstru6t. to cause to inter
fore, to cross lants, 10 Loist from the
leck 10 it's lIce Tn the mast any Of the
lighter yards.
Then there is the proposition, in riding
cross-country CT walking cross-lots. Al
this with the simple word itself. which
goes eavorting from the most sacred
thought In the world to the breeders
and the sportsman's language Of the
coop and ranch.
After this the mysteries begin. There
arc -anserated. arellane. bezan
~. bretesse. catoosed. commisse. ere
nele, estoile. fi,che. heury, gringole, iam
beaux. moline, nowyed, nyle. quatre
foil, saltier, sarele, resarceled. Their
there are the innumerable compounds u
cross from cross-arined, cross-bated
cross-bit-r, cross-bar and cross-bun
through cross-fucan, cross-ruff. cross
sower and cross-spale to crossword.
Then there arc u cross-grained set o.
crosses, such as crossarchinal. cross
archus. crossette. crossopinal. crossop
terygia, crossopterygian. crossopterygi
dae. crossopterygii, crossopterygia. cross
opterygium. crossopus, crossorlined an,
cro-sorhininae.
4 II is inconprehensible that word 81
simple should have gone rollic.sing al
over tho earth, into the bowels of TIA
earth, into tho depths Of the sea. amoni
the fowls Of the uir. tho horse upon tn
turf. to card table, TO the ships upon th
sea. TO the fishes in their glee, 10 th
sharks in their ferccity, TO the architec
and plumber. to the farmer in his har
rowing, to the railroad in is building
to the engine in its working. to the seam
: stress in her labors, to the spider in hi
webbing. 10 the spinner at his loom, :
the lawyers in their pleading. to n shrey
in her wranglins. TO the gunner in tn
fort. 10 the miner ut his lode, TO tn
Turk as he sits, 10 the sword Of the glad
iator. to the expert with his telescope. I
the woman In her gazing and in he
dressing. to the athletes N their wres
Ting and TO the swindler ut his arts.--A
E. Winship IN Journal Of Education.