What does "across" mean?
Across: From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.] The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. Bp. Hall.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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