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noun

Crosscut n.

A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.

(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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Etymology of 'Crosscut'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crosscut" Quotes from Famous Books

... Old Mike, following behind him, and pouring his whole soul into his words. "What is this life, Mister? You work like a burro, and you don't get nothing for it! You burn your own powder—half a dollar a day powder—what you think of that? Crosscut—and you get nothing! Take the skip and a pillar, and you get nothing! Brush—and you get nothing! Here, by Judas, a poor man, going and working his body to the last point, and blood is run out! You starve me to death, ...

— King Coal - A Novel • Upton Sinclair

... very flat dips, under 30 deg., the case arises where the length of incline is so great that the saving on haulage through direct lift warrants a vertical shaft as an auxiliary outlet in addition to the incline (Fig. 6). In such a combination the crosscut question is eliminated. The mine is worked above and below the intersection by incline, and the vertical shaft becomes simply a more economical exit and an alternative to secure increased output. The North Star mine at Grass Valley is an illustration in point. Such ...

— Principles of Mining - Valuation, Organization and Administration • Herbert C. Hoover

Words linked to "Crosscut" : road, cutoff, cut across, shortcut, itinerary, cut, crosscut handsaw