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crisscross
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CrissCross is a 1992 American drama film directed by Chris Menges and written by Scott Sommer , based on his homonymous novel. It stars Goldie Hawn , Arliss Howard , Keith Carradine , Steve Buscemi , and David Arnott.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1818, from Middle English crist(s)-crosse "Christ's cross" (late 15c.), earlier cros-kryst (late 14c.), "referring to the mark of a cross formerly written before the alphabet in hornbooks. The mark itself stood for the phrase Christ-cross me speed ('May ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crisscross \Criss"cross`\ (kr?s"kr?s`; 115), n. [A corruption of Christcross.] A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. marking consisting of crossing lines [syn: cross , mark ] adv. crossing one another in opposite directions v. cross in a pattern, often random mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines; "wrinkles crisscrossed her face" mark with a pattern of ...
Usage examples of crisscross.
Squadrons of combat Remoras crisscrossed the sky, dropping incendiary bombs primarily in unoccupied areas, though a few struck warehouses and governmental buildings.
By the end of the day, the sand is crisscrossed with a mesh of ordinates, abscissas, curves to account for everything in nature.
Tom was trying to peer through the crisscrossed aisleways which were formed by the hundreds of big trees.
The little room was hung all about with locust twigs, for their sweet scent, and was furnished only with a charcoal brazier and a charpai, which is a crude bed made of a wooden frame laced crisscross with ropes.
They sat down by an old spikka, its trunk crisscrossed with knife cuts.
Men yelled and screamed, explosions went off, and the hallways were crisscrossed in automatic weapons fire.
Lexie watched as she retrieved the boots, pulled them on and expertly crisscrossed the rawhide laces from ankles to boot-tops and fastened them tightly.
Resentment flared in her eyes as she crisscrossed the rawhide strips from ankle to the top of the boot.
Scars crisscrossed the faces and sparse tufts of ginger hair could be seen on the otherwise bald heads.
Lights flared, crisscrossed, catching the mask in a web of stark white beams.
Eisenhart of the Rocking B even brought his rifle and wore crisscrossed ammunition bandoliers.
They flew, screaming, crisscrossed in midair, and both found their mark.
Sisko yanked the ship into a fierce upward zigzag as two sets of phaser beams crisscrossed the place they would have been in another second.
Dozens of them crisscrossed her arms, striping her dusty feet, and spotting her face like chalk marks.
An interior designer crisscrossed the floor and walls with beige-and-raspberry tiles, put in a French bakery, and sold vendor permits to hawkers with cute green carts filled with ties, fudge, and sun hats, as well as toys to bring home to the kiddies.