English Explanatory Dictionary

cross write

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight.

Word forms

cross write cross writes cross writing cross wrote cross written cross-write

Related words

crossed letter cross-writing
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