▪ I. † ˈcrosser1 Obs. rare—1.
[f. cross n.: cf. crucible, crusie.]
A small lamp.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 84 A Crosser, crucibulum, lucubrum. |
▪ II. crosser2
(ˈkrɒsə(r), ˈkrɔːsə(r))
[f. cross v. + -er1.]
One who crosses, in various senses; one who makes the sign of the cross; one who thwarts, opposes, or contravenes; one who passes over, etc.
| 1565 J. Calfhill Answ. Treat. Crosse (1846) 82, I know the most crossers are not the best Christians. 1598 Chapman Iliad i. 229 Any crosser of thy lust. 1654 Whitlock Zootomia 104 An obstinate crosser of men wiser than himselfe. 1876 Birch Rede Lect. Egypt 23 The crossers of the desert. |