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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crosscut \Cross"cut`\ (-k[u^]t`), v. t. To cut across or through to intersect. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crosscut \Cross"cut`\, n. 1. A short cut across a path shorter than by the high road. 2. (Mining) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crosscut adj : cut or used for cutting crosswise or across the grain; "a crosscut slice of beef"; "a crosscut saw" n 1: a diagonal path 2: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: {shortcut}, {cutoff}] v : cut using a crosscut [syn: {cut across}]
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