"by a short cut directly through fields or open lots, not by roads and streets," 1825, from cross- + lot.
cross-eyes
cross-fire
cross-hair
crossing
cross-legged
cross-lots
crossly
crossness
cross-over
cross-patch
cross-pollination
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