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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

crosslet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹɒslət/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English crosselet, from Anglo-Norman croiselette; alternatively, cross + -let.

Meanings

  1. A small cross with crossed arms.
    • Then Vna gan to aske, if ought he knew, / Or heard abroad of that her champion trew, / That in his armour bare a croslet red. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

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crosslets Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cross crosslet · crossleted