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ˈcross-ˈfire
[cross- 9.]
Mil. Lines of fire from two or more positions crossing each other. Also fig. So ˈcross-firing vbl. n.
1837Dickens Let. 22 June (1965) I. 276 This cross-firing of notes makes me smile. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. cxxvii. 83 Exposed to a cross fire of musquetry or matchlocks. 1873Black Pr. Thule xiv. 217 A continual cross-fire of small pleasantries. 1884J. Hall A Chr. Home 160 And so the firing and the cross-firing proceed where all should be peace. |