cross-bonesn.

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1b(a)(iii).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-bones.

A figure of two thigh-bones laid across each other in the form of the letter X, usually placed under the figure of a skull, as an emblem of death.

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols

cross-bones1798

marrowbones1824

skull and crossbones1826

uroboros1940

corn dolly1952

1798 Anti-Jacobin 4 June 238/2 A Subterranean Vault..with Coffins, 'Scutcheons, Death's Heads and Cross-bones.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 133 She was a perpetual memento mori; a skull and cross-bones would hardly have been more efficacious.

1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 86 Half a score of us had been under the crossbones [i.e. pirate's flag].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cross-bones
释义	cross-bonesn. Etymology: cross- comb. form 1b(a)(iii).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-bones. A figure of two thigh-bones laid across each other in the form of the letter X, usually placed under the figure of a skull, as an emblem of death. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols cross-bones1798 marrowbones1824 skull and crossbones1826 uroboros1940 corn dolly1952 1798 Anti-Jacobin 4 June 238/2 A Subterranean Vault..with Coffins, 'Scutcheons, Death's Heads and Cross-bones. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 133 She was a perpetual memento mori; a skull and cross-bones would hardly have been more efficacious. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 86 Half a score of us had been under the crossbones [i.e. pirate's flag]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1798
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