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crossways^¹

noun

plural plural of crossway

crossways^²

adverb

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.

Crossways^³

proper noun

A village and civil parish between Dorchester and Wool, Dorset (OS grid ref SY7688).
A hamlet in Thornbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS red ref ST6590).
A hamlet in Crucorney community, Monmouthshire (OS grid ref SO3220; not to be confused with Crossway in the same county).
A neighbourhood at a crossroads in Churt parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8538).

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@misc{crossways_2026,
  title = {crossways},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crossways},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}