Definition of across

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Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..

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Traject :: Traject (v. t.) A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
Di- :: Di- () A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc..
Transversal :: Transversal (a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line..
Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air..
Breasthook :: Breasthook (n.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side..
Carbonado :: Carbonado (n.) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop..
Trajection :: Trajection (n.) The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..
Varix :: Varix (n.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor..
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.
Cephaloptera :: Cephaloptera (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton..
Bierbalk :: Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals..
Thwart :: Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.
Chasse :: Chasse (n.) A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left..
Cross :: Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line.
Travers :: Travers (a.) Across; athwart.
Guide :: Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder..
Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..
Racket :: Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
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