`<xr>` | (cross-reference phrase) contains a phrase, sentence, or icon referring the reader to some other location in this or another text.

Attributes:

`type` | indicates the type of cross reference, using any convenient typology.
| Datatype: CDATA

Legal values:

`syn` | cross reference for synonym information
`etym` | etymological information
`cf` | related or similar term
`illus` | illustration of an object

| Default: #IMPLIED

Example:

     <xr type=cf>Compare <ref>madrigal (sense 1)</></xr>
     <xr type=illus>see the illus. at <ref>tool</></xr>

Note |

Example

    <entry>
      <form><orth>lavage</orth></etym>
      <!-- ... -->
      <etym>[Fr. < <mentioned>laver</>; L. <mentioned>lavare</>,
            to wash; <xr>see <ref>lather</ref></xr>].</etym>
      <!-- ... -->
    </entry>

Example

    <entry>
      <form><orth>lawful</orth></form>
      <!-- ... -->
      <xr type='syn'>SYN. see <ref>legal</ref></xr>
    </entry>

Note

This element encloses both the actual indication of the location referred to, which may be tagged using the `<ref>` or `<ptr>` elements, and any accompanying material which gives more information about why the reader is being referred there.

Tagsetadditional tag set for printed dictionaries
Classdictionaries, dictionaryParts, dictionaryTopLevel
Filename`teidict2`
Content: May contain character data and phrase-level elements; usually contains a `<ref>` or a `<ptr>` element.
Parentsentry etym hom re sense trans
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan figure foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi label lang lbl link list listBibl m measure mentioned move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space stage supplied table tag tech term text time timeRange timeStruct title unclear usg val view w witDetail xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT xr            - O  (%paraContent | usg | lbl)*        >
    <!ATTLIST xr                 %a.global
                                 %a.dictionaries
              type               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 12.3.5.3

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