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Crisscrossed   /krˈɪskrˌɔst/   Listen
Crisscrossed

adjective
1.
Marked with crossing lines.  Synonym: crisscross.



Crisscross

verb
1.
Cross in a pattern, often random.
2.
Mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines.
3.
Mark with a pattern of crossing lines.






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"Crisscrossed" Quotes from Famous Books



... counties.] During the past five hundred years the English county has gradually sunk from a self-governing community into an administrative district; and in recent times its boundaries have been so crossed and crisscrossed with those of other administrative areas, such as those of school-boards, sanitary boards, etc., that very little of the old county is left in recognizable shape. Most of this change has been effected since the Tudor period. The first English settlers in America were familiar with the county as a ...
— Civil Government in the United States Considered with - Some Reference to Its Origins • John Fiske

... and taking a great diamond from her hair she drew upon the marble floor the first map of Barsoomian territory I had ever seen. It was crisscrossed in every direction with long straight lines, sometimes running parallel and sometimes converging toward some great circle. The lines, she said, were waterways; the circles, cities; and one far to the northwest of us she pointed out as Helium. There were other cities closer, but she said she feared ...
— A Princess of Mars • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... shoes, and they all looked weak and pale. The women were tall and thin, like beanpoles, and their shoulders were stooped and narrow; most of them wore glasses or spectacles, showing that their eyes were weak. The corners of their mouths were all pulled down, and their faces were crossed and crisscrossed with lines and wrinkles, as though they were carrying all the care of the world. Our women all began to laugh and dance and shout at the strangers.... The sight of these people gave me my first idea of America. I heard that ...
— Sex and Society • William I. Thomas

... in all New England. The trails of old and new in its experience crossed and crisscrossed at every point, causing a long succession of eccentricities which endeared themselves to the minds of the oldest inhabitants. However, even the oldest inhabitants breathed a deep sigh of relief, when finally they were housed in the brand-new church up beside ...
— The Brentons • Anna Chapin Ray



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