[CROSS- 3, 4.]
A. adv. = CROSSWAYS, CROSSWISE.
1611. Florio, Trauerso … Also crossely, a thwart, a crosse, crosseway.
1825. Southey, in Q. Rev., XXXII. 393. Fabian … took his own pike cross way, laid it upon those of the enemy.
B. adj. Placed or executed crossways.
1829. Southey, All for Love, IV. With cross-way movement to and fro.
1865. Mrs. Whitney, Gayworthys, i. (1879), 8. The seven little ‘crossway’ ruffles that garnish it [the skirt].
