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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crisscross \Criss"cross`\, v. t. To mark or cover with cross lines; as a paper was crisscrossed with red marks. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crisscross \Criss"cross`\ (kr?s"kr?s`;115), adv 1. In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways. Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion. --W. E. Boardman. 2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as things go crisscross. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crisscross \Criss"cross`\ (kr?s"kr?s`; 115), n. [A corruption of Christcross.] 1. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write. 2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crisscross adj : marked with crossing lines [syn: {crisscrossed}] n : marking consisting of crossing lines [syn: {cross}, {mark}] adv : crossing one another in opposite directions v 1: cross in a pattern, often random 2: mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines; "wrinkles crisscrossed her face" 3: mark with a pattern of crossing lines; "crisscross the sheet of paper"
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