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cross ((1)) 1 Cdn F lacrosse Obs.

• 1 n. the game of lacrosse (def. 1).

  See also: lacrosse (def. 1)  

  • 1760  The Game of the Cross . . . is played with a ball and sticks bent, and smoothed like racquets.
  • 1893  (1908)  . . . the broad level stretch at the other side of the fort made a fine ground upon which to play the game of Crosse, out of which the modern game of Lacrosse had been developed.

• 2 n. a stick hooked at one end and strung with leather thongs crosshatched by strings of gut to form a kind of pouch for carrying and throwing a ball in the game of lacrosse. See picture at lacrosse stick.

  See also: lacrosse  lacrosse stick  

  • 1820  (1823)  When a nimble runner gets the ball in his cross, he sets off towards the goal with the utmost speed, and is followed by the rest, who endeavour to jostle him and shake it out.
  • 1869  Prince Arthur . . . proceeded to open the Tournament by tossing the ball off his crosse into the field.