or cross-quid, verb (thieves’).—To question; cross-examine. [KID = to quiz; hoax, or jest.] Fr., faire la jactance; also faire saigner du nez.
1879. J. W. HORSLEY, ‘Autobiography of a Thief,’ in Macmillan’s Magazine, XL., 503. A reeler [policeman] came to the cell and CROSS-KIDDED (examined) me.
