cross write

English

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Verb

cross write (third-person singular simple present cross writes, present participle cross writing, simple past cross wrote, past participle cross written)Category:English lemmas#CROSSWRITECategory:English verbs#CROSSWRITECategory:English multiword terms#CROSSWRITECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CROSSWRITECategory:Pages with entries#CROSS%20WRITECategory:Pages with 1 entry#CROSS%20WRITE

  1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CROSSWRITE, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#CROSSWRITE) To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight.

References

  • The Stamp of Australia. Kelly Burke. 2009.
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