Crossbones

Crossbones
Crossbones Cross"bones` (kr[o^]s"b[=o]nz`), n. pl. A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death. [1913 Webster]

Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]


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