crosscut

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: shortcutcutoffcut across

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a diagonal path
  2. a route shorter than the usual oneSynonyms: shortcutcutoff

Verb (1)

  1. cut using a diagonal lineSynonyms: cut across
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Crosscut \Cross"cut`\ (-k[u^]t`), v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect. [1913 Webster]
Crosscut \Cross"cut`\, n.

1.A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road. [1913 Webster]

2.(Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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