X

X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibilityto the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, willdoubtless last as long as the language.X is the sacred symbol of tendollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc., stands for Christ, not,as is popular supposed, because it represents a cross, but because thecorresponding letter in the Greek alphabet is the initial of his name-- _Xristos_.If it represented a cross it would stand for St.Andrew, who "testified" upon one of that shape.In the algebra ofpsychology x stands for Woman's mind.Words beginning with X areGrecian and will not be defined in this standard English dictionary.