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crossbones
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
