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Definition of Crosswise
1. Adjective. Lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction. "The crosswise dimension"
Antonyms: Lengthwise
2. Adverb. Not in the intended manner. "Things are going crosswise"
3. Adjective. In the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross.
4. Adverb. Transversely. "The marble slabs were cut across"
Definition of Crosswise
1. adv. In the form of a cross; across; transversely.
Definition of Crosswise
1. Adjective. crossing; lying across ¹
2. Adverb. transversely; so as to lie across ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crosswise
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crosswise
Literary usage of Crosswise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fir-flower Tablets by Amy Lowell (1921)
"Those who wish to cross the crosswise River Find evil winds and waves. The misery
of that one stretch of water draws out its length to ten thousand li. ..."
2. Problems of the Finishing Room: A Reference and Formula Manual for Furniture by Walter Karl Schmidt (1916)
"If a plain surface like a table top is to be polished, one should start at the
ends, polishing these crosswise. This crosswise polishing is necessary in ..."
3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... covered crosswise with oak plank, one and a half inches thick, and well spiked
down. The same Commissioners were also authorized to contract for ..."
4. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"crosswise tucks are frequently used to define yokes and the upper portion of the
sleeves ; shirred yokes are pretty on both silk and cotton fabrics. ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1906)
"The crosswise fronts of the two lateral porticos extend forwards, left and right
to the front side ; each end above in a half-gable, the other half of which ..."
6. Laboratory and Field Exercises in Physical Geography by Gilbert Haven Trafton (1905)
"Find the lengthwise valley west of the Blue Ridge and the crosswise valley cutting
... Make a profile of the crosswise valley from Maryland Heights to ..."
7. The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles by Ezra Sampson (1813)
"crosswise-MARK. In a former age of popish ignorance, when very few,,comparatively,
of the people of Europe could write their names, it was ordained that the ..."
8. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar: In the Beginning of by Duarte Barbosa (1866)
"... and on the top of these long white sacks placed crosswise, in which they bring
their goods ; and one man drives thirty or forty beasts before him. ..."
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