1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
2. (Mining)
Defn: 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.
CROSS-DAYS
Cross"-days` (-dz`), n. pl. (Eccl.)
Defn: The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
CROSSE
Crosse, n. [F., crosier, hooked stick.]
Defn: The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.
CROSSETTE Cros*sette" (krs-st`), n. Etym: [F., dim. of crosse. See Crosier.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; — called also ancon, ear, elbow. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
Cross"-ex*am`i*na"tion (krs"gz-m`-n"shn; 115), n. (Low)
Defn: The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.