CROSS-EXAMINATION, CROSS-EXAMINE
NOUNS
1827 ► BACK-SPEERIN → BACK-SPEIRIN → BACK-SPIERING inquisitive cross-examination → Sc.
1864 ► TARRAGATION a strict cross-examination; an interrogation → Sc.
1940 ► ACT cross-examination of a prisoner → US criminals’ sl.
VERBS
1786 ► TAIRGE → TARGE to cross-examine; to question closely → Sc.
1808 ► BACKSPEER → BACKSPEIR → BACKSPIER to cross-examine, to question; to inquire into a matter → Sc.
1929 ► ACE to resist cross-examination or interrogation tenaciously and successfully → US criminals’ sl.