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ˈcross-light
[cross- 4]
A light which comes athwart the direction of another light and illuminates parts which it leaves in shade; in pl. lights whose rays cross each other. Often fig.
1851H. Melville Whale iii. 11 Every way defaced in the unequal cross-lights in which you viewed it. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 25 There is no use in turning upon him the cross lights of modern philosophy. Mod. The windows on other sides are to be darkened, so as to avoid cross-lights.
Hence ˈcross-ˌlighted ppl. a.
1884Nonconf. & Indep. 3 July 642/1 Mr. Biggar in his odd, crosslighted way, voting against his own party. |