Definition of across

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Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

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Bang :: Bang (n.) The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn..
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch..
Overland :: Overland (adv.) By, upon, or across, land..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Saddled :: Saddled (a.) Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed..
Ferryboat :: Ferryboat (n.) A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters..
Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..
Dam :: Dam (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water..
Line :: Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column..
Traject :: Traject (v. t.) A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
Column :: Column (n.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper..
Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across; from side to side of.
Transplace :: Transplace (v. t.) To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place.
Hecatompedon :: Hecatompedon (n.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees..
Forehook :: Forehook (n.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook..
Transient :: Transient (a.) Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure..
Roussette :: Roussette (n.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings..
Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature..
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