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Crosslet

Cross′let

(-lEt)
,
Noun.
[Dim. of
cross
.]
1.
A small cross.
Spenser.
2.
[Cf. OF.
croisel
crucible, and
E
.
Cresset
.]
A crucible.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Cross′let

,
Adj.
(Her.)
Crossed again; – said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. See
Cross-crosslet
.

Definition 2024


crosslet

crosslet

English

Noun

crosslet (plural crosslets)

  1. (chiefly heraldry) A small cross with crossed arms.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:
      Then Vna gan to aske, if ought he knew, / Or heard abroad of that her champion trew, / That in his armour bare a croslet red.

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