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a torture device the Romans never imagined would end up on jewelry.
means A figure or shape made of two intersecting lines or bars; also, to move from one side of something to another, or to feel mildly annoyed.
from From Old English 'cros', borrowed from Old Norse 'kross', itself drawn from Latin 'crux' — the stake or gibbet on which the Romans executed criminals. The word traveled along Christian conversion routes through the British Isles, where the instrument of death became the central symbol of the faith. The same Latin 'crux' gives us 'crucial' (a crossing point where a decision must be made) and 'excruciating' (literally 'out of the cross,' the agony of crucifixion). The sense of 'irritated' came later, possibly from the idea of being thwarted or going 'across' someone's wishes.
- roman cruelty
- Designed to kill slowly and shame publicly
- red cross
- Borrowed Switzerland's flag, colors reversed
- crossword
- First one printed in 1913 newspaper
- double-cross
- Betrayal slang from cheating both sides
- southern cross
- Constellation guiding sailors below the equator
southern cross — constellation visible from southern hemisphere, contains 4 bright stars forming a cross pattern
red cross — international humanitarian organization founded 1863, operates in 192 countries
cross of lorraine — double-armed cross symbol used by free france in wwii and as heraldic emblem