christcross-row

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christcross-row - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Crossrow \Cross"row`\ (-r?`), n.
     1. The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.
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              And from the crossrow plucks the letter G. -- Shak.
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     2. A row that crosses others.
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  Christcross-row \Christ"cross-row`\,
     The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross
     usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom,
     sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by
     way of a charm.
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           From infant conning of the Christcross-row.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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