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cross-legged

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cross-leg·ged (krôslgd, -lgd, krs-)
adv. & adj.
1. With the legs or ankles crossed and the knees far apart.
2. With one leg lying over and across the other leg.
cross-legged
Adjective
sitting with the legs bent and the knees pointing outwards
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Adv.1.cross-legged - with the legs crossed; "he sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated"


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Fired by recollections of fakirs and devotees in illustrations Colin suggested that they should all sit cross-legged under the tree which made a canopy.
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I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement.
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