单词 | cross-running |
释义 | > as lemmascross-running (b) With present participles, or adjectives of this form, forming adjectives, as cross-flowing, cross-jingling, cross-pulling, cross-running. ΘΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > cross cross-running1637 cross1675 1637 J. Milton Comus 28 The flood That stay'd her flight with his crosse-flowing course. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 38 The fantastick, and declamatory flashes; the crosse-jingling periods which cannot but disturb, and come thwart a setl'd devotion. 1836 F. Marryat Pirate iv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 34 This gale and cross-running sea are rather too much for boats. 1879 C. Patmore Poems II. 103 Cross-pulling vices, tied Like Samson's foxes, by the tails. < as lemmas |
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