Английский Этимологический словарь - crisscross
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Crisscross
crisscross
- 1818, from M.E. crist-crosse "Christ's cross."
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1.
criss-cross ~1 n a pattern made up of straight lines, usually a lot of them, that cross each other (the crisscross of scars on his back) - crisscross adj (trees planted in a crisscross pattern) ~2 v to make a regularly repeated pattern of straight lines that cross each other, or to make this pattern on something (The flyovers criss-cross the city above the congested streets.) criterion, n plural criteria (countable often plural a standard which is established so that a judgment or decision, especially a scientific one, can be made (More detailed criteria are necessary before a logical decision can be reached.) + for (What are your criteria for judging a bottle of wine?) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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I. verb Etymology: obsolete christcross, ~ mark of a cross Date: 1818 transitive verb 1. to mark with intersecting lines 2. to pass back and forth through or over intransitive verb 1. to go or pass back and forth 2. overlap, intersect II. adjective Date: 1840 marked or characterized by ~ing • ~ adverb III. noun Date: 1833 1. a ~ pattern ; network 2. the state of being at cross-purposes; also a confused state ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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