ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
1. Not wearing or invested with a cross.
1560. Becon, Jewel of Joy, Pref. What a swarme of popyshe shauelyngs brought he forth,… some crossed, some vncrossed.
1858. P. J. Bailey, The Age, 78.
| But with all honest labourers him we find | |
| Conspiring for the weal of human kind, | |
| Unstarred, uncrossed, uneagled peers of mind. |
† 2. Not obliterated or canceled. (See CROSS v. 4.)
1611. Shaks., Cymb., III. iii. 26. Such gaine the Cap of him, that makes him fine, Yet keepes his Booke vncros’d.
1640. Wand. Jew telling Fortunes, C 2. These rich clothes cost me nothing, the Mercers uncrost booke shall sweare for me.
1690. Norris, Beatitudes, Ep. Ded. I am got too far in your Accounts…; some part of them I must ever leave uncrossed as a standing Hold upon me.
3. fig. Not thwarted or opposed.
c. 1634. Chapman, Rev. for Honour, III. i. 118. With as secure an ease ’T shall be accomplish’d as the blest desires Of uncross’d lovers.
1833. Wordsw., Sonn., ‘Desire we past,’ 8. Conquering Reason, if self-glorified, Can nowhere move uncrossed by some new wall Or gulf of mystery.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VI. 516. An uncrossed influence arising somewhere above the lower end of the fourth ventricle.
absol. 1846. Landor, Imag. Conv., I. 249/2. The studious … the unhardened in politics, the uncrossed in literature.
4. Of a cheque: (see CROSS v. 7 c).
1884. Law Times, 29 Nov., 79/2. Three … were crossed generally ‘and Co.,’ and three were uncrossed.
