01 v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.
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To cut across or through; to intersect.
Entry
3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Crosscut
02 n. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
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A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
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A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.(Mining)
Phrases & compounds
Crosscut saw —
A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise.