cross-stitch

[ kraws-stich, kros- ]

/ ˈkrɔsˌstɪtʃ, ˈkrɒs- /

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noun

a stitch in which pairs of diagonal stitches of the same length cross each other in the middle to form an X.

embroidery or needlepoint done with this stitch.

verb (used with or without object)

to work in cross-stitch.

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Origin of cross-stitch

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby cross-stitch

cross-slide, cross someone's palm with silver, cross someone's path, cross-staff, cross-sterile, cross-stitch, cross-stratification, cross street, cross-string, cross stroke, cross swords

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How to use cross-stitch in a sentence

The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
Oops! Jesus’ Last Steps Are in the Wrong Place|Candida Moss|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The reason: activist government and unionized government often work at cross purposes.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What do you get when you cross an oil company with gay rights?
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But they refused to cross the street to help because, they told bystanders, the rules required them instead to call 911.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Father Salvierderra said if we repined under our crosses, then a heavier cross would be laid on us.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Pretty well for "a cross between an Astley's chariot, a flying machine and a treadmill."
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for cross-stitch

cross-stitch

noun

an embroidery stitch made by two stitches forming a cross

embroidery worked with this stitch

verb

to embroider (a piece of needlework) with cross-stitch

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