Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crosscut"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crosscut \Cross"cut`\ (-k[u^]t`), v. t.
To cut across or through; to intersect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crosscut \Cross"cut`\, n.
1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or
across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
{Crosscut saw}.
(a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it
for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than
lengthwise.
(b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting
large logs crosswise.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crosscut
adj : cut or used for cutting crosswise or across the grain; "a
crosscut slice of beef"; "a crosscut saw"
n 1: a diagonal path
2: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: {shortcut}, {cutoff}]
v : cut using a crosscut [syn: {cut across}]
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