GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Crosscut (-kŭtˌ), v. t.  To cut across or through; to intersect.
   
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   Crosscut, n.
   1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
   
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   2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
   
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   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.
   
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