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Transvolation :: Transvolation (n.) The act of flying beyond or across.

Overland :: Overland (adv.) By, upon, or across, land..

Transom :: Transom (n.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion..

Snowshoe :: Snowshoe (n.) A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow..

Transflux :: Transflux (n.) A flowing through, across, or beyond..

Voyageur :: Voyageur (n.) A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest..

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..

Crosscut :: Crosscut (v. t.) To cut across or through; to intersect.

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..

Leader :: Leader (n.) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number..

Crosswise :: Crosswise (adv.) In the form of a cross; across; transversely.

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..

Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely..

Cross :: Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line.

Truss :: Truss (n.) An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style..

Roadster :: Roadster (n.) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen..

Over :: Over (adv.) From inside to outside, above or across the brim..

Portiere :: Portiere (n.) A curtain hanging across a doorway.

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