crossways en · NOUN · etymology 1
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of crossway
form of crossway
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crossways en · ADV · etymology 2
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross English cross English -ways English crossways From cross + -ways.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) transversely; crosswise
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.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC: