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

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