[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crosscut \cross"cut`\ -ku^t`, v. t.
   to cut across or through; to intersect.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
crosscut saw 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crosscut
     n 1: a diagonal path
     2: a route shorter than the usual one syn: shortcut, cutoff
     v : cut using a diagonal lines syn: cut across
     also: crosscutting
see also:
shortcut cutoff cut across crosscutting 

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