单词 | cross-cut |
释义 | cross-cutn. 1. (Usually cross cut.) A cut or cutting across or from side to side; a direct path between two points, transverse or diagonal to the main way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > straight or direct > short cut the (occasionally your, etc.) next wayc1330 cut1577 near cut1612 short cut1619 overcut1636 cross-cut1800 cut-off1806 quick cut1890 1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 186 If you have occasion to travel frequently to one place, take all the cross cuts. 1837 R. Ellison Kirkstead! 27 Deep cross-cuts lurk the treacherous shrubs below. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xiv. 246 He knew the by-ways..and the cross-cuts and roads as far as Brunswick. 2. a. Mining. A cutting across the course of a vein, or across the general direction of the workings. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > types of cutting cross-cut1789 undercut1892 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom (1810) I. 312 It is..proper to push forward cross cuts from your first trench every way. 1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 20 Crosscut, an excavation driven at an acute angle to the direction of the cleavage or cleat. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 326 A cross-cut is being run from the main shaft..95 or 100 feet below the surface. b. A cut sawn across a log. ΚΠ 1861 Congr. Globe 2 Mar. 1354/2 In the west..we sometimes do what we call ‘sawing a cross cut’. It always requires two to perform the operation well. 3. A step in dancing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps reprise1521 double1531 reprinse1531 single1531 hop1579 cross-pointa1592 trip1601 back-tricka1616 inturna1627 shorta1652 coupee1673 cut1676 fleuret1677 bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706 contretemps1706 cross-step1728 boring1775 pigeon wing1807 pas de basque1818 cross-cut1842 flicflac1852 buckle-covering1859 reverse1888 reversing1892 cross-stepping1893 box step1914 jump turn1924 moonwalk1969 coupé- 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 218 Single shuffle, double shuffle, cut and cross-cut. 4. Short for cross-cut file: see cross-cut adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > file > [noun] > other files jack file1678 knife-file1683 pillar file1683 using-file1683 carlet1688 grail1688 screw-rasp1688 riffler1797 quannet1809 safe edge1815 cross-cut1831 saw-file1846 shouldering file1846 warding file1846 found1874 side file1874 cant-filea1877 pin bone1936 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 302 For working iron..the single lines are closely cut over diagonally and the file becomes a cross-cut. 5. Short for cross-cut saw. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > for cutting wood > cross-cut thwart-saw1404 drug saw1578 cross-cut1848 1848 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 26 Oct. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) III. 46 Pit-saws; whit saws; and crosscuts, and files for ditto. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 89 Felling trees, handling cross-cuts, rolling blocks. 1942 L. D. Rich We took to Woods (1948) 55 Excellence on a two-man cross-cut has nothing to do with size and strength. Categories » 6. Cinematography. (See cross-cut v. 2.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cross-cutadj. 1. Adapted for cross-cutting. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > [adjective] > specific attributes rank1625 cross-cut1645 landed1971 1645 in C. W. Manwaring Digest Early Connecticut Probate Rec. (1904) I. 31 My sonne..shall have..my long cross cut saw. 1677 New Castle Court Rec. 138 The Plaintiff hath attached..two or three Chests and a crascut saw. 1686 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1884) Oct. 105 1 crosscut saw..1 hand saw. 1735 New-York Gaz. 1 Sept. Hand saws, Tennet Saws, Cross-cut-Saws. 1754 Boston Weekly News-let. 23 May Imported from London..the best..cross-cut saws. 1760 G. Washington Diaries I. 122 They spent 25 minutes more in getting the cross cut saw, standing to consider what to do. 1768 Mass. Gaz. 25 Aug. The lightning was attracted by a cross-cut saw lying against the chimney. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Crosscut-saw, a saw managed by two men, one at each end for sawing large logs or trees across. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cross-cut Chisel, a chisel with a narrow edge and considerable depth, used in cutting a groove in iron. 1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 173 Large trees mostly sawn down by the cross-cut saw. 2. [cross- comb. form 1c(c).] Cut across or transversely; having transverse cuts; esp. of a file, having two sets of teeth crossing each other diagonally. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective] > cut transversely cross-cut1827 society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > file > [adjective] > types of file fine-toothed1601 round-off1801 cross-cut1827 superfine1872 double-cut- 1827 Maryland Hist. Mag. 17 246 They will prefer proceeding to Philadelphia by the cross-cut canal. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 127 The files used by the whitesmith upon cold work are mostly of the cross-cut description. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 135 A deep cross-cut fallow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). cross-cutv. 1. transitive. To cut across or transversely. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut through shearOE hacka1325 through-carvec1330 through-cutc1330 detrench1398 rivea1400 trench1483 cross-cut1590 rescind1598 transect1634 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Nn A..humour rancorous..That..Croscuts the liuer with internall smart. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick ii. iii. 67 In a Medium [in Optics] that is Convex and thick, the species are..broken, and as it were cross-cut. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §108 The quarry-men proceed to cross-cut the large flats. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 253 The plough..drawn across the field, and cross-cutting the uncut ribs of grass. 2. Cinematography. To subject (a film or films) to cross-cutting (see quot. 19333). Also intransitive and transferred. Hence as adj.n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > editing > [noun] editing1913 cutting1921 cross-cut1933 cross-cutting1938 intercutting1953 découpage1963 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > editing > edit [verb (intransitive)] cross-cut1933 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > editing > edit [verb (transitive)] re-edit1785 cut1913 edit1913 to cut in1928 cheat1929 cross-cut1933 intercut1953 1933 A. Brunel Filmcraft 95 You may need part of a rejected take because you are cross-cutting that scene. 1933 A. Brunel Filmcraft 97 After you have eliminated the scene numbers..you can begin to make the simpler cross-cuts. 1933 A. Brunel Filmcraft 156 Cross-cut, to alternate in editing two or more scenes—as when one has two close-ups of characters facing each other. 1957 A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Music ii. 40 The two scenes of the dancing action were hastily lengthened and cross-cut to give a rhythm. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 698/1 Haddock's gestures as he tells the story exactly match and are cross-cut with those of the Chevalier de la Hadoque slashing away at the ruffians boarding his ship. 1962 Listener 30 Aug. 328/1 A montage sequence..with shots of Eton, night-club frolics..cross-cut against back~street slums. 1967 Spectator 30 June 772/1 The author has developed an impressive, cinematic technique for telling this story, crosscutting rapidly from episode to episode. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1789adj.1645v.1590 |
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