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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROSSRUFF

CROSSRUFF Cross "ruff ` (-rf `), n. (Whist )

 

Defn: The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

crossruff

cross ruff |ˈkrôsˌrəf, -ˈrəf ˈkrɔsrəf | ▶noun a sequence of play in bridge or whist in which partners alternately trump each other's leads. ▶verb [ no obj. ] alternately trump particular suits in such a way.