"in the shape of a cross, crisscross, crossing perpendicularly," late 14c.; see cross- + wise (n.).
things are going crosswise
the crosswise dimension
a crosswise street
cross-tie
cross-town
crosswalk
crossway
cross-wind
crosswise
crossword
crotch
crotchet
crotchety
crouch
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