Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crosswise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crosswise \Cross"wise`\ (-w?z`), adv.
In the form of a cross; across; transversely. --Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crosswise
adj 1: lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a
cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise
dimension" [ant: {lengthwise}]
2: in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
adv 1: not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"
2: transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" [syn: {across},
{crossways}]
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