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WOW ~ Word of the Week ~ Christ-Cross Row
The alphabet in a horn-book: called Christ-cross Row, from having, as an Irishman observed, Christ's cross PREFIXED before and AFTER the twenty-four letters. obstinateheadstronggirl.wordpress.com
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CHRISTCROSS-ROW Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun christ· cross-row : alphabet Word History Etymology so called from the figure of a cross heading it in old hornbooks. www.merriam-webster.com
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Christcross-row - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. en.wiktionary.org
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Christ-cross-row
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Christ-cross Row (Grose 1811 Dictionary)
The alphabet in a horn-book: called Christ-cross Row, from having, as an Irishman observed, Christ's cross prefixed before and after the twenty-four letters ... words.fromoldbooks.org
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Christ-cross-row, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun Christ-cross-row is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for Christ-cross-row is from 1570 ... www.oed.com
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cross-row
† 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 b... Oxford English Dictionary
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Christcross-row - The Free Dictionary
1. The alphabet; - formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it ... www.thefreedictionary.com
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Christcross-row Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. See crossrow. www.yourdictionary.com
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Brewer's: Criss-cross Row - InfoPlease
(Christ-cross row). The A B C horn-book, containing the alphabet and nine digits. The most ancient of these infant-school books had the letters arranged in ... www.infoplease.com
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CHRISTCROSS-ROW definition in American English
2. those parts of the world where most inhabitants profess the Christian faith. Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 ... www.collinsdictionary.com
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criss-cross-row
Christ-cross-row, criss-cross-row arch. and dial. (ˈkrɪskrɒsrəʊ, -krɔːs) [f. prec. + row n.] 1. The alphabet; so called from the figure of a cross prefixed to it in horn-books. Also cross-row, q.v. arch. or dial.1563 Foxe A. & M. (1583) 831 Of the same Warde he learned hys Christe-crosse-rowe. 1611 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Christ-cross
Christ-cross, criss-cross (ˈkrɪskrɒs, -krɔːs) Forms: 5 Crist cross, 6 Christes crosse, Christe-, 6–7 Christ-, crisse-, 7 Christs-, chriss(e)-crosse, crish-cross, 6–9 Christ-cross, 7–9 chris-, cris-, criss-cross. [lit. Christ's cross; but the former word being phonetically reduced as in Christ-mas, a... Oxford English Dictionary
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criss-cross
▪ I. criss-cross, n. (ˈkrɪskrɒs, -ɔː-) [A phonetic reduction of Christs-cross: but in some late senses used with unconsciousness of the origin, and treated merely as a reduplication of cross; cf. mish-mash, tip-top, zig-zag, etc.] 1. = Christ-cross, in various senses, q.v. 2. a. [f. criss-cross v.] ... Oxford English Dictionary
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