'Weeping cross' definitions:

Definition of 'Weeping cross'

From: GCIDE
  • Weeping \Weep"ing\, a.
  • 1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "Weeping eyes." --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. "Weeping grounds." --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. [1913 Webster]
  • Weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence.
  • Weeping rock, a porous rock from which water gradually issues.
  • Weeping sinew, a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2. [Colloq.]
  • Weeping spring, a spring that discharges water slowly. [1913 Webster]