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recross, v.|riːˈkrɒs, -ɔːs|
[re- 5 a.]
1. intr. and trans. To pass over again.
intr.c1470in Hors Shepe & G. (Caxton 1479, Roxb. repr.) 29 A herte..yf he take ouer the ryuer he crossith; Yf he retorne, he recrosseth. 1822J. Flint Lett. Amer. 11 There is a rudder at each end, so that she can cross and re⁓cross, without putting about. 1847Ld. Lindsay Chr. Art I. p. cxlvii, Helenus recrossed by himself, many monks looking on.
trans.1632Lithgow Trav. i. 41 My purpose reaching for..Asia, as his was to recrosse the snowy Alpes. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. vi, By crossing and recrossing the Line. 1795–6Wordsw. Borderers i. 3 Let us..strip the Scottish Foray Of their rich spoil, ere they recross the Border. 1830J. F. Cooper Water Witch xiv, His boat was necessary to enable the party to re-cross the inlet. 1891T. Hardy Tess xlv, Thus absorbed she recrossed the northern part of Long-Ash Lane at right angles.
b. trans. To pass by (another).
1862Merivale Rom. Emp. xli. (1871) V. 62 The operations of industry, which cross and recross each other in the streets.
2. To hinder or thwart again. rare.
1612J. Davies Muse's Sacr. (Grosart) 53 For, when we first, to liue well, goe about, w'are crost and recrost by the Reprobate.
3. a. To overlay, mark, etc. (a surface) with repeated crossings.
1598Marston Pygmal. iii. 148 How his clothes appeare Crost and recrost with lace. 1886Pall Mall G. 18 May 2/1 His back was..crossed and recrossed with bleeding wales.
b. To lay across again.
1893Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 24 Aug., With bright ribbons crossed and recrossed about his nimble legs.
Hence reˈcrossing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1846E. FitzGerald Lett. (1894) I. 208 Looking at the sea with its crossing and recrossing ships. 1897Daily News 14 Dec. 8/4 An actor was never allowed to turn his back on the audience. Certain ‘crossings’ and ‘re-crossings’ had to be rigidly attended to. |