cross-legged adj, adv chiefly S Midl
Of falling snow or rain: Driven in var directions by the wind.
1898 Sabetha Star (KS) 16 Dec 1/3, Ham. Tarr . . was battling in Seneca Saturday with the cross-legged snow s[to]rm. 1905 Lindsborg Record (KS) 22 Sept 1/3, Saturday was a slow day for business. The merchants just sat around and played with their toes while the rain came down crosslegged in the street. 1940 Alma Courier (MO) 15 Nov 1/5, Snow poured cross-legged over the landscape. 1958 Asheville Citizen (NC) 29 Aug sec 2 1/7, Cross-legged snow is a curiosity, too. That’s when snow slants out of the sky in two directions at the same time to form a pattern of an X. When you see cross-legged snow you can count on more snow the next day and at the same time. 1972 Foxfire Book 210 sAppalachians, If it snows crosslegged, it will be a deep one. 1982 Slone How We Talked 99 eKY (as of c1950), A windy snow was said to be snowing “cross-legged.” 2015 DARE File—Internet cwNC, A cross-legged snow will be deep (A cross-legged snow is one where wind is in play, driving the snow flakes this way and that. . .)