0 present participle of criss-cross
1 to move or exist in a pattern of lines crossing something or each other:
Yet the criss-crossing of isoglosses shows that it also holds for phonetic or morphological features.
And the result of this examination is: we see a complicated network of similarities overlapping and criss-crossing: sometimes overall similarities, sometimes similarities of detail. 67.
What happened to the criss-crossing of boundaries, with people coming in by train?
One contained criss-crossing lines showing all the existing bus services.
There has been an enormous amount of criss-crossing of schools, and travelling wide distances, and very many schools have gained long pedigrees.
This criss-crossing on the motorway is most dangerous.
There is a great deal of criss-crossing for historical reasons.
I take the point which he made originally about our criss-crossing over.
