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 cross·cut /ˈkrɔsˌkʌt, ˈkʌt/
 (a.)橫切的;橫鋸的

 Cross·cut v. t.  To cut across or through; to intersect.

 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.
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 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]