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Crisscross

February 22, 2009 by The Judge  
Filed under Words and Phrases

The alphabet was known as Christ-cross-row because the row of letters was preceded by a character resembling a Maltese cross.

When an illiterate person was required to sign his name he would print the Christ-cross as his mark.

Eventually the first syllable was reduced and the word  crisscross entered our language meaning to cross with lines. It now also means to move back and forth across a landscape.

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