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n pedestrian crossing. An area of the road, marked with black and white stripes, where traffic lights stop cars so that pedestrians can cross. A contraction of “PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled crossing.” Yes, I know that would be “pelicon.” People were stupid back then.
To hit cars going into adjacent tracks. (See cornered) Also refers to the officially frowned-upon practice of slowing up for a stop signal at a crossing with another railroad instead of stopping. The engineer would look up and down to make sure everything is safe, then start up again, having saved several minutes by not stopping entirely. Wabash may also mean a heavy fire in the locomotive firebox
Usually the fattest member of King Neptune's court during the traditional crossing the line ceremony. Pollywogs are asked to kiss his belly, which is usually smeared with oil or salad dressing.
Brakeman's shelter just back of the coal bunkers on the tender tank of engines operating through Moffat Tunnel. May also refer to caboose, locomotive cab, switchman's shanty, or crossing watchman's shelter
A grade-crossing signal
n the black-and-white striped pathways drawn across roads where pedestrians have right of way and motorists have to stop if anyone is waiting by them. The phrase has been slightly usurped by the less exciting term “pedestrian crossing.” While this very concept of “it’s alright, on you go, the cars all have to stop” is dangerous enough, a great deal of them are positioned straight after roundabouts where motorists are least likely to be ready for them. I swear these things are part of some sort of population control policy. To make them marginally easier to see, some of them are marked with Belisha Beacons.
Traditional but completely unofficial ceremony enacted whenever a warship crosses the equator.
The mythological God of the Sea. A reasonable facsimile of King Neptune always presides over the traditional Crossing the Line Ceremony.
Caravans crossing the prairies.
Zebra was th century slang for a convict's striped uniform; a convict wearing such a uniform.
n yellow flashing lights on sticks that are positioned next to zebra crossings and flash constantly to alert drivers. They were named after Hore Belisha, who was Minister of Transport when they were introduced. Perhaps a more interesting derivation was put forward by an episode of the BBC radio programme “Radio Active,” which featured an unwinnable quiz, one of the questions being “From where did the Belisha Beacon get its name?” Answer: “From the word ‘beacon’.” I was younger then, and in the cold light of day it seems less funny now than it once did. You can’t take away my childhood.
A sailor who has never crossed the equator. Pollywogs are targeted during the "Crossing the Line Ceremony".
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a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.
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The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.
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Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.
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To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
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Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window.
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Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
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The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
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In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.
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A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
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A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework.
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The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
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A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.
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Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.
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A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.
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The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
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A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused.
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A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
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A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.
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A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.
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The zebra.
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