criss

English

Noun

criss (plural crisses)

1. Alternative form of kris (“dagger”)

Yola

Noun

criss

1. Alternative form of cress
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     Criss Colfere,

     Cross Colfer.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 126