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Webster 1913 Edition

Across

A-cross′

(#; 115)
,
p
rep.
[Pref.
a-
+
cross
: cf. F.
en croix
. See Cross,
Noun.
]
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.

A-cross′

,
adv.
1.
From side to side; crosswise;
as, with arms folded
across
.
Shak.
2.
Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
[Obs.]
The squint-eyed Pharisees look
across
at all the actions of Christ.
Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition

Across

ACROSS'

, prep. 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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