"cross write" meaning in English

See cross write in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: cross writes [present, singular, third-person], cross writing [participle, present], cross wrote [past], cross written [participle, past], cross-write [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cross write<,,wrote,written>}} cross write (third-person singular simple present cross writes, present participle cross writing, simple past cross wrote, past participle cross written)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and the overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight. Tags: obsolete, transitive Related terms: crossed letter, cross-writing
    Sense id: en-cross_write-en-verb-QRDvZPHS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Calligraphy, Post, Printing, Writing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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