also crossfire, 1763, in military writing, "lines of fire from two or more positions which cross one another;" see cross- + fire (n.).
cross-cut
cross-dressing
crossed
cross-examine
cross-eyes
cross-fire
cross-hair
crossing
cross-legged
cross-lots
crossly
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