ACROSS

ACROSS', preposition akraus'. [a and cross. See Cross.]1. From side to side, opposed to along, which is in the direction of the length; athwart; quite over; as, a bridge is laid across a river.2. Intersecting; passing over at any angle; as a line passing across another.

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across. Across, ad. or prep. crosswise, athwart, over, upon

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A‐cross″ (#; 115), prep. [[Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.]] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. — To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.