| Crissal | a. (Zool.) 1. Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Crisscross | n. [ A corruption of Christcross. ] 1. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Crisscross | v. t. To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Crisscross | adv. 1. In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways. [ 1913 Webster ] Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion. W. E. Boardman. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Crisscross-row | n. See Christcross-row. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Crissum | ‖ n.; pl. Crissa [ NL.; cf. L. crisso to move the haunches. ] (Zool.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
