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- noun Plural form of
cross . - noun Plural form of
crosse . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cross .
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Examples
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The farrier who comes to shoe your horse has sometimes a sword by his side; and the barber who shaves you crosses himself before he _crosses your chin_.
A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, 1777 Volume 1 (of 2) Philip Thicknesse 1755
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I. ii.36 (356,3) [crosses love not him] By _crosses_ he means money.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Reyna, along with Eddie Lewis on the left side of the midfield, shut down Mexico from sending in crosses from the flanks.
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And those which others term crosses, and afflictions, and judgments, and misfortunes, to me they both appear, and in event have ever proved, the secret and dissembled favours of His affection. '
Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation Alexander Whyte 1878
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His mercies, I know not; but those which others term crosses, afflictions, judgments, misfortunes, to me, who inquire further into them than their visible effects, they both appear, and in event have ever proved, the secret and dissembled favours of His affection.
Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation Alexander Whyte 1878
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But, having a birds 'eye view of what side of the plate it crosses is redundant.
Colin Barnicle: What Happened in the Game? Colin Barnicle 2010
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Secondly the logistics train crosses the Khyber Pass and contractors pay the Taliban protection to allow passage.
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The second most annoying thing is the unbelievable verbosity of style - the river Don is described as "lutulent" when Turpin crosses it, and I have no idea what that word means.
May Books 12) Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth nwhyte 2010
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We expect spirited bidding when this coin crosses the auction block.
Look What I Dug Up! 1817/4 Half Dollar : Coin Collecting News 2009
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If he has a bad back how can he lift all those burnin crosses and get the gallons of kerosene to the rallies??
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