| 单词 | market cross | 
| 释义 | market crossn. Originally and chiefly Scottish.   A cross (also, occasionally: a building bearing a cross) erected in a marketplace. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > 			[noun]		 > structure or erection > cross > in town or village market cross1425 high cross1457 crossc1465 1425    Haddington Burgh Rec. in  Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 2 387  				Northours fra the markete cors. 1448    in  J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen 		(1844)	 I. 17  				John Voket..yheide to the merkate corss, and opynly proclamyt the land..to be sald. 1543    in  G. Donaldson  & C. Macrae St. Andrews Formulare 		(1944)	 II. 274  				The said officiar passit to the marcat croce of the said citte. 1583    B. Melbancke Philotimus 		(new ed.)	 122  				Neuer hereafter let them be of thy court, which are meeter to be counsellours at the market Crosse. a1600						 (    W. Stewart tr.  H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. 		(1858)	 III. 457  				Content he wes..In Lundoun toun evin at the mercat corce, On fit to fecht. c1626    H. Bisset Rolment Courtis 		(1920)	 I. 269  				Ane pillare of hevin stane neir to the markett croce. 1698    in  J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council 		(1761)	 II. 28  				Cathcart poinded the corns standing in the stooks..and carried a rip of them to the market-cross. 1702    London Gaz. No. 3806/7  				The Mayor..caused an Ox to be roasted whole at the Market Cross. 1752    J. Louthian Form of Process 		(ed. 2)	 82  				At the Market Cross of the Head-burgh of the Shire, Stewarty, or other Jurisdiction. 1845    J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. 		(ed. 4)	 I. 119  				Market crosses were usually polygonal buildings with an open archway on each of the sides, and vaulted within, large enough to afford shelter to a considerable number of persons. 1880    H. Barclay Digest Law Scotl. 		(ed. 4)	 334  				Edictal Citations or Intimations. In the case of foreigners, these were formerly given at the market cross of Edinburgh, and pier and shore of Leith. 1908    J. Lumsden Doun i' th' Loudons 249  				He'll show as gross An' public as at noonday's seen Our Mercat Cross! 1970    J. H. B. Peel Country Talk i. 25  				The one [office] I have in mind faces a market cross. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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