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  2. Criss-cross - Wikipedia

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    Criss-Cross (art cooperative), artist's cooperative that formed in Colorado in the early 1970s; Criss Cross (New Kent, Virginia), a registered historic place in New Kent County, Virginia; Crisscross applesauce, a style of sitting, also known as Tailor or Indian style, see Sitting#Positions; Criss-cross squeeze, a squeeze play in bridge

  3. Family resemblance - Wikipedia

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    I can think of no better expression to characterize these similarities than "family resemblances"; for the various resemblances between members of a family: build, features, colour of eyes, gait, temperament, etc. etc. overlap and criss-cross in the same way. – And I shall say: "games" form a family.

  4. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    The surface of the junction is typically marked with a criss-cross grid of diagonal painted lines (or only two lines crossing each other in the box), and vehicles may not enter the area so marked unless their exit from the junction is clear (or, if turning, to await a gap in the oncoming traffic flow). Broken U-turn. See three-point turn. Bus

  5. Reverse (American football) - Wikipedia

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    A reverse (sometimes referred to as an end reverse or criss cross) is a relatively common trick play in American football that involves one or more abrupt changes in the lateral flow of a rushing play.

  6. Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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    The whole sentence can be summarized as "I'm gonna beat your fucking face in, you motherfucker". Esti de câlice de tabarnak : Very strong expression of anger. Can also be used as a descriptive phrase expressing anger or derision: Esti de câlice de tabarnak , c'est pas possible comment que t'es cave ("Jesus fucking Christ, there's no way you ...

  7. Crosslinguistic influence - Wikipedia

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    Translation equivalents are two corresponding words in two separate languages with the same meaning. Also, it is common for the child to use two different languages in a single utterance. The syntactic rules are hard to define because of the lack of two-word and three-word utterances by the bilingual child.

  8. Cruciform - Wikipedia

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    In music, a melody of four pitches where a straight line drawn between the outer pair bisects a straight line drawn between the inner pair, thus forming a cross. In its simplest form, the cruciform melody is a changing tone, where the melody ascends or descends by step, skips below or above the first pitch, then returns to the first pitch by step.

  9. X mark - Wikipedia

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    An X mark marking the spot of the wrecked Whydah Gally in Cape Cod. An X mark (also known as an ex mark or a cross mark or simply an X or ex or a cross) is used to indicate the concept of negation (for example "no, this has not been verified", "no, that is not the correct answer" or "no, I do not agree") as well as an indicator (for example, in election ballot papers or in maps as an x-marks ...