释义 |
crossless, a.|ˈkrɒslɪs, ˈkrɔːs-| [f. cross n. + -less.] Without a cross (in various senses of the word; as e.g. † without a coin, penniless).
1490Caxton Eneydos xvi. 63 A bystorye or wepen crysolite, as it were a lityl swerde crosseles. 1600Rowlands Let. Humours Blood xxviii. 34 Three high-way standers, haueing cros-lesse cursse. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 256/2 Where man doth man within the Law betosse, Till some go croslesse home by Woodcocks Crosse. 1891Ch. Times 4 Sept. 844/2 A Crossless Church, a religion without austerity, has never yet made headway. |