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take the cross — phrasal Etymology: ME taken the croice, fr. taken to take + the + croice, cros cross : to take a vow to fight the enemies of Christianity (as by entering upon a crusade) … Useful english dictionary
Frank Luke — Infobox Military Person name= Frank Luke, Jr. born= birth date|1897|5|19 died= death date and age|1918|9|29|1897|5|19 placeofbirth= Phoenix, Arizona placeofdeath= KIA near Murvaux, France placeofburial= caption= Frank Luke, Jr., Medal of Honor… … Wikipedia
tête — [ tɛt ] n. f. • teste, test « crâne », opposé à l a. fr. chef « tête », 1050; lat. méd. testa « boîte crânienne », sens spécialisé de « coquille dure » → 1. test I ♦ 1 ♦ Partie, extrémité antérieure (et supérieure chez les animaux à station… … Encyclopédie Universelle
across — [13] English originally borrowed across, or the idea for it, from Old French. French had the phrase à croix or en croix, literally ‘at or in cross’, that is, ‘in the form of a cross’ or ‘transversely’. This was borrowed into Middle English as a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cross — I. , sb. [croys], RG. 392 II. , v. a. == mark with the cross [croice]. RG. 480 … Oldest English Words
across — [13] English originally borrowed across, or the idea for it, from Old French. French had the phrase à croix or en croix, literally ‘at or in cross’, that is, ‘in the form of a cross’ or ‘transversely’. This was borrowed into Middle English as a… … Word origins
