Definition of across

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

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Subtepid :: Subtense (a.) A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
Overleap :: Overleap (v. t.) To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore..
Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars..
Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
Goal :: Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts..
Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (prep.) Across; from alde to side of.
Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
Bang :: Bang (n.) The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn..
Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
Chasse :: Chasse (n.) A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left..
Filar :: Filar (a.) Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage..
Crosscut :: Crosscut (n.) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another..
Bar :: Bar (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures..
Breadth :: Breadth (a.) Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width..
Line :: Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column..
Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
Tucker :: Tucker (n.) A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later..
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