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Webster 1913 Edition

Crux

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Crux

(krŭks)

,

Noun.

;

pl. E.

Cruxes

(-ĕz)

, L.

Cruces

(krṳ′sēz)

.

[L., cross, torture, trouble.]

Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.

Dr. Sheridan.

The perpetual

crux

of New Testament chronologists.

Strauss.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crux

CRUX

,

Noun.

[L., a cross.] Any thing that puzzles and vexes. [Little used.]