double-crossn.

Brit.

/ˌdʌblˈkrɒs/, U.S.

/ˌdəb(ə)lˈkrɔs/,

/ˌdəb(ə)lˈkrɑs/

Forms: 1800s– double-cross, 1800s– double-X.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.¹, cross n.

Etymology: < double adj.¹ + cross n.In form double-X with use of X to represent the word cross (compare X n. 9 and graphic abbreviations for place names, such as Charing X for Charing Cross, King's X for King's Cross, etc.).

1. In the breeding of plant and animal varieties: a cross (cross n. 28) between two hybrids, each of which is the result of a cross between two separate inbred lines; the method or technique of crossing hybrids in this way.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > cross-breeding or hybridism > hybrid or cross

mongrel1558

hybrid1601

centaur1606

mulatto1664

half-strain1673

cross1761

cross-breed1774

first cross1793

double-cross1810

quadroon1811

intercross1859

outcross1882

reciprocal1901

filial generation1902

monohybrid1902

vicinist1905

first filial (or F₁) generation1909

polyhybrid1910

back-cross1919

second filial (or F₂) generation1938

1810 Statesman 3 July Mr. Hoste, of Norwich, clipped this year from a Merino double cross ram 14¾lb. of wool.

1872 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1870 30 257 It is true that some of the double crosses I have named have been made, but not with results that need to be reported, unless it be in such an example as in that excellent grape, Rogers' No. 47.

1934 Discovery Feb. 52/2 The so-called double-cross technique so largely used in breeding maize in America and used to a lesser extent with swine and poultry in several countries.

1967 F. N. Briggs & P. F. Knowles Introd. Plant Breeding xviii. 226 Jones, in 1918, proposed the use of the double cross to produce hybrid varieties of corn. By double cross is meant the hybridization of two single crosses and the use of the F₁ as the commercial crop.

2004 Jrnl. Agric. Sci. 142 659 This study shows that three-way and double cross hybrids can be used in pepper hybrid breeding.

a. Sport (chiefly Boxing). An act of winning or trying to win a match or race after making an illicit deal to lose; (also) a match or race in which this occurs. Cf. cross n. 29. Now rare.

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1814 Star 16 Aug. The runners consented to do the flats by running a cross. Leach was to win..when Nicholson made play, went by Leach and won: thus playing off a double-cross (as termed by the learned).

1828 Morning Post 31 Dec. 3/5 Amateurs should be rather cautious in giving their approbation to pugilists who fight double-crosses, that is to those men who take money protesting to lose a fight..and win it before their opponent can discover their intentions.

1887 Referee 21 Aug. 1/3 A double cross was brought off. Teemer promised to sell the match, and finished by selling those who calculated on his losing.

1908 Washington Post 19 Jan. (Sporting section) 2/5 The knock-out was regarded as a contemptible double cross and went down in the records as a drawn battle.

2019 L. Grindon in G. Early Cambr. Compan. Boxing xxii. 266 Roberts and Marlowe betray the deal by trying for the knockout. With the double-cross, Charlie's spirit revives, and he fights to win.

b. An act of betraying a person with whom one is supposed to be cooperating, esp. for one's own personal or financial gain; deception by double-dealing; an instance of this.Formerly frequently in to give (a person) the double-cross, to work the double-cross.

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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > treacherous action > [noun] > instance

treacheryc1300

treasonc1330

troth-breakinga1400

truce-breaking1592

double-cross1896

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > a treacherous act

treacheryc1300

treasonc1330

Sinonism1864

double-cross1896

stab in the back1922

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > instance of

double traita1625

double-cross1896

1896 G. Ade Artie ix. 79 Every time I see him over at the city hall he's whisperin' to one o' them red-necked boys and fixin' it to give somebody the double-cross.

1920 A. E. W. Mason Summons xii There was always a certain amount of money for the man who would work the double cross.

1959 ‘H. Howard’ Deadline x. 80 It had to be someone on Lloyd's payroll who was working the double-X.

2016 Times 1 July 7/2 Yet it was he who had become the victim of a double-cross as those who were once his friends sought to put the Gove into government.

3. Needlework and Embroidery. A decorative stitch combining a diagonal cross stitch (resembling ×) with an upright cross stitch (resembling +) worked directly on top, to form an eight-pointed star; this method of stitching. More fully double cross stitch. Cf. cross-stitch n.

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1867 Young Ladies' Jrnl. Mar. 90/2 The design represents the mat in half the proper size, which is principally worked in the common single and the double cross stitch (Smyrna stitch).

1934 M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 63 Double cross stitch, a canvas stitch, consisting of a cross stitch set diagonally with another cross stitch set straight and worked over the first.

1960 G. Lewis Handbk. Crafts 38 Frequently these two are the only stitches used to the neglect of the many others which would greatly enrich many pieces of work, such as doublecross.

2019 L. Wyszynski First Time Embroidery Cross-Stitch 117 This stitch is worked from left to right, right to left or vertically..Also known as: Leviathan, railway, double cross, straight cross.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

double-crossv.

Brit.

/ˌdʌblˈkrɒs/, U.S.

/ˌdəb(ə)lˈkrɔs/,

/ˌdəb(ə)lˈkrɑs/

Forms: 1800s– double-cross, 1900s– double-X, 1900s– double-XX.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: double-cross n.

Etymology: < double-cross n.In forms double-X , double-XX with use of X to represent the word cross (compare X n. 9 and graphic abbreviations for place names, such as Charing X for Charing Cross, King's X for King's Cross, etc.).

1. transitive. Sport. To betray (one's opponent or his or her backer) by winning or trying to win a match or race after making an illicit deal to lose. Cf. double-cross n. 2a.

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1888 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 21 Mar. 7/5 (headline) Tom Roe Receives Warning that McCurdy's Backer Is to Be Double Crossed.

1907 Los Angeles Herald 9 Jan. 8/3 (headline) Heavyweights Rehearsed Ring Affair During the Night, but Tommy Double-Crossed Jack and Hit too Hard.

2019 Alaska Disp. News (Nexis) 3 Oct. Several of the players who took money double-crossed the gamblers and played straight up.

2. transitive. To betray (a person or people) by acting in contradiction to a prior agreement or understanding, esp. for one's own personal gain. Also more generally: to deceive or cheat (a person). Cf. double-cross n. 2b.

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1889 Boston Daily Globe 7 Jan. 3/5 You want to play square with me, for if you were to double-cross me I would shoot you as quickly as I would a dog.

1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh i A wealthy uncle who subsequently double-crossed them by leaving his money to charities.

1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lxv. 142 Congress has double XX'd me.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 May c8/5 They double-crossed us, pretending to be our partner but really selling us out.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	double-cross
释义	double-crossn. Brit. /ˌdʌblˈkrɒs/, U.S. /ˌdəb(ə)lˈkrɔs/, /ˌdəb(ə)lˈkrɑs/ Forms: 1800s– double-cross, 1800s– double-X. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.¹, cross n. Etymology: < double adj.¹ + cross n.In form double-X with use of X to represent the word cross (compare X n. 9 and graphic abbreviations for place names, such as Charing X for Charing Cross, King's X for King's Cross, etc.). 1. In the breeding of plant and animal varieties: a cross (cross n. 28) between two hybrids, each of which is the result of a cross between two separate inbred lines; the method or technique of crossing hybrids in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > cross-breeding or hybridism > hybrid or cross mongrel1558 hybrid1601 centaur1606 mulatto1664 half-strain1673 cross1761 cross-breed1774 first cross1793 double-cross1810 quadroon1811 intercross1859 outcross1882 reciprocal1901 filial generation1902 monohybrid1902 vicinist1905 first filial (or F₁) generation1909 polyhybrid1910 back-cross1919 second filial (or F₂) generation1938 1810 Statesman 3 July Mr. Hoste, of Norwich, clipped this year from a Merino double cross ram 14¾lb. of wool. 1872 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1870 30 257 It is true that some of the double crosses I have named have been made, but not with results that need to be reported, unless it be in such an example as in that excellent grape, Rogers' No. 47. 1934 Discovery Feb. 52/2 The so-called double-cross technique so largely used in breeding maize in America and used to a lesser extent with swine and poultry in several countries. 1967 F. N. Briggs & P. F. Knowles Introd. Plant Breeding xviii. 226 Jones, in 1918, proposed the use of the double cross to produce hybrid varieties of corn. By double cross is meant the hybridization of two single crosses and the use of the F₁ as the commercial crop. 2004 Jrnl. Agric. Sci. 142 659 This study shows that three-way and double cross hybrids can be used in pepper hybrid breeding. 2. a. Sport (chiefly Boxing). An act of winning or trying to win a match or race after making an illicit deal to lose; (also) a match or race in which this occurs. Cf. cross n. 29. Now rare. ΚΠ 1814 Star 16 Aug. The runners consented to do the flats by running a cross. Leach was to win..when Nicholson made play, went by Leach and won: thus playing off a double-cross (as termed by the learned). 1828 Morning Post 31 Dec. 3/5 Amateurs should be rather cautious in giving their approbation to pugilists who fight double-crosses, that is to those men who take money protesting to lose a fight..and win it before their opponent can discover their intentions. 1887 Referee 21 Aug. 1/3 A double cross was brought off. Teemer promised to sell the match, and finished by selling those who calculated on his losing. 1908 Washington Post 19 Jan. (Sporting section) 2/5 The knock-out was regarded as a contemptible double cross and went down in the records as a drawn battle. 2019 L. Grindon in G. Early Cambr. Compan. Boxing xxii. 266 Roberts and Marlowe betray the deal by trying for the knockout. With the double-cross, Charlie's spirit revives, and he fights to win. b. An act of betraying a person with whom one is supposed to be cooperating, esp. for one's own personal or financial gain; deception by double-dealing; an instance of this.Formerly frequently in to give (a person) the double-cross, to work the double-cross. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > treacherous action > [noun] > instance treacheryc1300 treasonc1330 troth-breakinga1400 truce-breaking1592 double-cross1896 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > a treacherous act treacheryc1300 treasonc1330 Sinonism1864 double-cross1896 stab in the back1922 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > instance of double traita1625 double-cross1896 1896 G. Ade Artie ix. 79 Every time I see him over at the city hall he's whisperin' to one o' them red-necked boys and fixin' it to give somebody the double-cross. 1920 A. E. W. Mason Summons xii There was always a certain amount of money for the man who would work the double cross. 1959 ‘H. Howard’ Deadline x. 80 It had to be someone on Lloyd's payroll who was working the double-X. 2016 Times 1 July 7/2 Yet it was he who had become the victim of a double-cross as those who were once his friends sought to put the Gove into government. 3. Needlework and Embroidery. A decorative stitch combining a diagonal cross stitch (resembling ×) with an upright cross stitch (resembling +) worked directly on top, to form an eight-pointed star; this method of stitching. More fully double cross stitch. Cf. cross-stitch n. ΚΠ 1867 Young Ladies' Jrnl. Mar. 90/2 The design represents the mat in half the proper size, which is principally worked in the common single and the double cross stitch (Smyrna stitch). 1934 M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 63 Double cross stitch, a canvas stitch, consisting of a cross stitch set diagonally with another cross stitch set straight and worked over the first. 1960 G. Lewis Handbk. Crafts 38 Frequently these two are the only stitches used to the neglect of the many others which would greatly enrich many pieces of work, such as doublecross. 2019 L. Wyszynski First Time Embroidery Cross-Stitch 117 This stitch is worked from left to right, right to left or vertically..Also known as: Leviathan, railway, double cross, straight cross. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). double-crossv. Brit. /ˌdʌblˈkrɒs/, U.S. /ˌdəb(ə)lˈkrɔs/, /ˌdəb(ə)lˈkrɑs/ Forms: 1800s– double-cross, 1900s– double-X, 1900s– double-XX. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: double-cross n. Etymology: < double-cross n.In forms double-X , double-XX with use of X to represent the word cross (compare X n. 9 and graphic abbreviations for place names, such as Charing X for Charing Cross, King's X for King's Cross, etc.). 1. transitive. Sport. To betray (one's opponent or his or her backer) by winning or trying to win a match or race after making an illicit deal to lose. Cf. double-cross n. 2a. ΚΠ 1888 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 21 Mar. 7/5 (headline) Tom Roe Receives Warning that McCurdy's Backer Is to Be Double Crossed. 1907 Los Angeles Herald 9 Jan. 8/3 (headline) Heavyweights Rehearsed Ring Affair During the Night, but Tommy Double-Crossed Jack and Hit too Hard. 2019 Alaska Disp. News (Nexis) 3 Oct. Several of the players who took money double-crossed the gamblers and played straight up. 2. transitive. To betray (a person or people) by acting in contradiction to a prior agreement or understanding, esp. for one's own personal gain. Also more generally: to deceive or cheat (a person). Cf. double-cross n. 2b. ΚΠ 1889 Boston Daily Globe 7 Jan. 3/5 You want to play square with me, for if you were to double-cross me I would shoot you as quickly as I would a dog. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh i A wealthy uncle who subsequently double-crossed them by leaving his money to charities. 1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lxv. 142 Congress has double XX'd me. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 May c8/5 They double-crossed us, pretending to be our partner but really selling us out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1810v.1888
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