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crossed

/kɹɔst/ adjective A2
  1. Marked by a line drawn crosswise, often denoting cancellation.
  2. Folded. · crossed legs
  3. Cruciate.
  4. Having a cross placed on it, or (with respect to the arms of a cross) having a bar placed crosswise over (an existing bar) so as to form a cross.
  5. Crossfaded. (slang)
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“It is time to hunt again.” He was going to spring down hill when a little shadow with a bushy tail crossed the threshold and whined: “Good luck go with you, O Chief of the Wolves.
The Jungle Book, p. 1 · B2
For a moment they stood still, white as sheets, frozen with horror at the tragedy; then, shrieking at the tops of their voices, they started on a frantic run up through the woods, never pausing as they crossed the main road to glance the way of the bridge.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 225 · C1
They had hardly been walking an hour when they saw before them a great ditch that crossed the road and divided the forest as far as they could see on either side.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 38 · B2
Anne had gone home in the wonderful, white-frosted winter morning, heavy eyed from loss of sleep, but still talking unweariedly to Matthew as they crossed the long white field and walked under the glittering fairy arch of the Lover’s Lane maples.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 139 · C1

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