Crossing ppl. a.

[f. as prec. + -ING².] That crosses, in various senses: see the verb.

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1587. Fleming, Contn. Holinshed, III. 1292/1. By meane of some crossing causes in the citie.

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1626. W. Sclater, Expos. 2 Thess. (1629), 185. Onely consider how crossing to the whole Counsell of God … that proud dreame is.

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1718. Pope, Iliad, XX. 479. The crossing belts unite behind.

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1875. Bedford, Sailor’s Pock. Bk., iii. (ed. 2), 64. Whenever a green light is opposed to a red light … the ships carrying the lights are crossing ships.

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