A*cross" , adv. 1. From side to
side; crosswise; as, with arms
folded across. Shak.
2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.]
The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ.
Bp. Hall.
A*cross" (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.]
From side to side;
athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden.
To come across, to come upon or
meet incidentally. Freeman. -- To go across the
country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.
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