Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cross \Cross\, v. t.

   {To cross a check} (Eng. Banking), to draw two parallel
      transverse lines across the face of a check, with or
      without adding between them the words ``and company'',
      with or without the words ``not negotiable'', or to draw
      the transverse lines simply, with or without the words
      ``not negotiable'' (the check in any of these cases being
      crossed generally). Also, to write or print across the
      face of a check the name of a banker, with or without the
      words ``not negotiable'' (the check being then crossed
      specially). A check crossed generally is payable only when
      presented through a bank; one crossed specially, only when
      presented through the bank mentioned. Cross-buttock
\Cross"-but`tock\, n. (Wrestling)
   A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his
   opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his
   opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip; hence, an
   unexpected defeat or repulse.