Definition for A-CROSS'

A-CROSS', prep. [akraus'; a and cross. See Cross.]

  1. From side to side, opposed to along, which is in the direction of the length; athwart; quite over; as, a bridge is laid across a river.
  2. Intersecting; passing over at any angle; as a line passing across another.

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