row : Idioms & Phrases

Christ"cross-row`

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1. 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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Criss"cross-row` noun

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1. See Christcross-row.

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• noun the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution
  death house.
  

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• (Agric.), the practice of cultivating crops in drills.

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• noun a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls
  town house.
  

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• noun a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line)
  

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• (Geom.), the points on a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.

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• noun a rowboat
  

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• noun a club for rowers
  

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• noun a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
  

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• to do one's share of a job. Colloq.

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