Definition of across

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

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Thwart :: Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.
Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..
Jump :: "Jump (v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch..
Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
Transfluent :: Transfluent (a.) Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream..
Transplace :: Transplace (v. t.) To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place.
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..
Line :: Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A strap that runs across a horse's breast.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..
Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls..
Crosscut :: Crosscut (n.) A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
Stoled :: Stole (n.) A narrow band of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions..
Costeaning :: Costeaning (n.) The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room..
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch..
Overland :: Overland (adv.) By, upon, or across, land..
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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