Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fiery cross (which see, under
cross ).
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Examples
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Convention Commissioners, on swift wheels, are carrying the fire-cross from Town to Town, till all
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Let Eighty more of us be sent, post-haste, over France; to spread the fire-cross, to call forth the might of men.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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