Thesaurus: crosscut

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1. v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.
2. n. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
3. n. A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
4. n. a diagonal path
5. n. a route shorter than the usual one
6. v. cut using a diagonal line
7. , v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect. 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.
8. , v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.
9. v:100 n. a diagonal path v. cut using a diagonal line