2. Noun. (plural of crosse) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of cross) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crosses
1. crosse [n] - See also: crosse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crosses
Literary usage of Crosses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"A sixpence, been used with very little variation, either upon 1573, has fleurs-de-lis
and crosses with the double seals or coins, except upon the first ..."
2. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"SOME OF THE NEW crosses. A long list of crosses and hybrids occupied the larger part
... Plate XII shows some of the crosses of last season as their fruits ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1908)
"A. In the present paper I propose to treat of the consecration crosses which were
... crosses of this kind must once have been common enough in England, ..."
4. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... crosses to C, Cassius to L C. Brutus takes each man's hand quickly; first
Casca, who goes down R,< then Metellus, who crosses over to L; then Trebonius, ..."
5. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1900)
"Distinction between the sterility of first crosses and of hybrids— Sterility
various in degree, not universal, affected by close interbreeding, ..."
6. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1889)
"(crosses IN AND NEAR OXFORD.) [This chapter is not found in Wood. ... There are
also fewer notes about crosses in the text of other portions of the MS., ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"The eastern prong of this "Y" crosses Main street, and enters the yard through
the first gate reached In going west along the north side of Main street, ..."
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