n. [ F., crosier, hooked stick. ] The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F., dim. of crosse. See Crosier. ] (Arch.)
n. one who double-crosses another; a person who says one thing and does another.
n. [ F. la crosse, lit., the crosier, hooked stick. Cf. Crosier. ] A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a “crosse”. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such is my star-crossed destiny. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]