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Christcross-row

Christcross-row noun: the alphabet.

Noun

Christcross-row (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) The alphabet.
    • From infant conning of the Christ-cross-row1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
    • For though I never attained to the outward flower of scholarship by proceeding to the learned degree of arts at either of the Universities, I gained the root and kernel of the matter at Bishop's Stortford, being able at the age of fourteen to write a fine hand, and read Eutropius, and Cæsar, and...1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter I, in Shrewsbury

Forms of Christcross-row

alternative formChrist-cross-row
alternative formChris-cross-row

Origin of Christcross-row

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.

Questions about Christcross-row

What does Christcross-row mean?
Christcross-row means the alphabet.
What part of speech is Christcross-row?
Christcross-row is a noun.

Words near Christcross-row in the dictionary

  1. Christcentrism
  2. Christchurch
  3. Christcore
  4. christcross
  5. Christcross row
  6. Christcross-row
  7. Christcuck
  8. Christcucks
  9. Christdom
  10. christelite
  11. Christelow

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