† ˈcross-row Obs.
[cross- 3 a: from the figure of the cross ({cross}) formerly prefixed to it.]
The alphabet; = Christ-cross-row.
| a 1529 Skelton Agst. Venomous Tongues, In your crosse rowe nor Christ crosse you spede, Your Pater Noster, your Ave, nor your Crede. 1531 Tindale Exp. 1 John 2 A man can by no manes reade, excepte he be taught the letters of the crosserowe. 1594 Shakes. Rich. III, i. i. 55 And from the Crosse-row pluckes the letter G. 1635 Swan Spec. M. i. §3 (1643) 23 By their naturall position in the alphabet or crosse-row. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 1085 The cross-row, alphabetum. |