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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHRISTCROSS-ROW
CHRISTCROSS-ROW
Christ
"
cross-row
`,
Defn:
The
alphabet;
--
formerly
so
called,
either
from
the
cross
usually
set
before
it,
or
from
a
superstitious
custom,
sometimes
practiced,
of
writing
it
in
the
form
of
a
cross,
by
way
of
a
charm.
From
infant
conning
of
the
Christcross-row.
Wordsworth.
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