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Definition of Cross-legged
1. Adverb. With the legs crossed. "He sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated"
Definition of Cross-legged
1. Adjective. Having one leg over and across the other ¹
2. Adjective. Having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart ¹
3. Adverb. In this manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-legged
Literary usage of Cross-legged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"In one corner a huge fan of peacocks' feathers formed the background to a gilt
statue of Buddha, cross-legged and contemplative. ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1853)
"I allude to the cross- legged effigies existing in the County of Kilkenny.—Most
persons are familiar with the numerous examples of this class of monument in ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1868)
"cross-legged EFFIGIES AND THE CRUSADERS. (3rd S. viii. 312; 4th S. ii. 302, 440.
... In Danbury church, Essex, are the wood, of three cross-legged knights, ..."
4. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"It has been said that this cross-legged posture is confined to the templars, or
such as died during a crusade, or at least under a vow to undertake one; ..."
5. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1916)
"His father was early by his side and provided him with a chair in the dock, where
he sat cross-legged with his hands ..."
6. Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army During the Great Civil War by Richard Symonds, Charles Edward Long (1859)
"... of a knight in armour, and cross-legged. [The following verses occupy a page
by themselves:] Farewell fond Love, under whose childish whip I have served ..."
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