Crossways
adv, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of crossway form-of, plural
- 1 transversely; crosswise not-comparable
"I stared and stared again - he was perfectly right - the torches that were to light our entertainment were human mummies from the caves! On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire."
- 1 transversely wordnet
- 1 A place in Britain:; A village and civil parish between Dorchester and Wool, Dorset (OS grid ref SY7688).
- 2 A place in Britain:; A hamlet in Thornbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS red ref ST6590).
- 3 A place in Britain:; A hamlet in Crucorney community, Monmouthshire (OS grid ref SO3220; not to be confused with Crossway in the same county).
- 4 A place in Britain:; A neighbourhood at a crossroads in Churt parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8538).
Example
More examples"I stared and stared again - he was perfectly right - the torches that were to light our entertainment were human mummies from the caves! On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire."
Etymology
From cross + -ways.
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