[CROSS- 4 c.] Keys borne crosswise, as in the Papal arms.
c. 1550. Bale, K. Johan, 32. Where is yowr thre crounnys, yowr crosse keys and yowr cope.
1583. Exec. for Treason (1675), 32. No nor their Cross-keys, or double edged Sword, will serve their turns.
1646. Evelyn, Diary (1871), 192. The Citty arms [of Geneva], a demie eagle and a crosse between crosse-keys.
Mod. An inn with the sign of the Cross Keys.
