'Christcross-row' definitions:
Definition of 'Christcross-row'
From: GCIDE
- Christcross-row \Christ"cross-row`\, The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. [1913 Webster]
- From infant conning of the Christcross-row. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Christcross-row'
From: GCIDE
- Crossrow \Cross"row`\ (-r?`), n.
- 1. The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row. [1913 Webster]
- And from the crossrow plucks the letter G. -- Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A row that crosses others. [1913 Webster]