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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CROSSCUT, v.t. To cut across.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a diagonal path
2: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut, cutoff, crosscut] v
1: cut using a diagonal line [syn: crosscut, cut across]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: 1590 1. to cut, go, or move across or through 2. to cut with a crosscut saw 3. to subject (as movie scenes) to crosscutting II. adjective Date: 1645 1. made or used for cutting transversely <a saw with crosscut teeth> 2. cut across or transversely <a crosscut incision> III. noun Date: 1789 1. something that cuts across or through; specifically a mine working driven horizontally and at right angles to an adit, drift, or level 2. cross section 3. crosscut saw 4. an instance of crosscutting (as in a movie)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crosscut Cross"cut` (-k[u^]t`), v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crosscut Cross"cut`, n. 1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road. 2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.