| 单词 | crossways |
| 例句 | He marked the shocks with a bundle of straw laid crossways on top so the workers could easily find them. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z What if he did fall over and yell bloody murder every time I looked crossways at him? Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “But why do they go crossways to take other men. Why aren’t there any women and children?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Father laid his knife and fork crossways on his plate and took a breath, satisfied he’d gained the upper hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The one that does people’s hairdos is old Mama Lo, who’s only just got the two teeth, one upstairs and one down, so she chews crossways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell, crumpling onto the bay window roof, slithered crossways, scrabbling at the tiles, and skidded over the edge. Extract: Moon Pie by Simon Mason 2011-07-29T09:59:02Z Using a sharp knife, cut the roll crossways into 12 even slices. Claire Ptak’s baking recipes for Christmas leftovers | Baking 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Politicians for years have been using rock songs on the campaign trail, and Mellencamp has found himself crossways with candidates before. APNewsBreak: Mellencamp unhappy with Gov. Walker 2012-04-11T20:41:08Z What, a guy can’t die and be resurrected without women looking at him crossways? 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: Karoake and Henry Knox's Vault 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Cut the tomatoes in half crossways and gently squeeze out the seeds, or use a teaspoon to scoop them out. Peter Gordon's six delicious salad recipes 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Cut through the heads crossways half-way up and discard the top part. 20 best vegetarian recipes: part 1 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Pieters said he first got crossways with the agency after a lawyer complained about his Twitter posts to his supervisors. DOJ fires Black immigration judge in the ongoing purge of Trump hires 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z “Now the only time we get crossways with beaver is if they start building dams in our irrigation ditches,” Mr. Smith said. It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Tie up traffic for a few blocks while sitting crossways in the street. Opinion | Anacostia traffic is still the Wild West 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The Biden administration previously has held off from that level of sanctions, to avoid getting crossways with ally Germany. EXPLAINER: What are US options for sanctions against Putin? 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Mullet cited some positions that he said got him crossways with labor, including his opposition to a capital-gains tax. How unions are racking up new wins in Democratic-controlled Washington state 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Modly told me he feared that Spencer, his predecessor, “lost his job because the Navy Department got crossways with the president” in the Gallagher case. Opinion | How the Pentagon is struggling to stay out of politics 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Modly said he was aware his predecessor lost his job because the Navy “got crossways with the president,” and said, “I didn’t want that to happen again.” Acting Navy secretary resigns after insulting aircraft carrier’s ousted captain 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Modly said he was aware that his predecessor lost his job because the Navy “got crossways with the president,” and “I didn’t want that to happen again.” Navy official’s fiery speech deepens a political crisis as warship battles coronavirus 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z That cars don’t necessarily clog neighboring streets when major crossways are closed off t seems counterintuitive. Cars Were Banned on 14th Street. The Apocalypse Did Not Come. 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Ironically, Harris’ position puts her crossways with Sanders, one of the biggest climate champions in the field. Seven Takeaways from the Democratic Climate Marathon 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z During separate interviews about a month after their hunt, the three men repeatedly got their stories crossways. Social media did in Yellowstone lion poachers 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z And when Sessions, who is now Trump’s attorney general, got crossways with the president over his decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe, Miller did not defend his former boss and mentor. Stephen Miller: Immigration agitator and White House survivor 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Johnson was correct when he said “we’re also supporting the Kurds, which are fighting ISIS, that are crossways with our ally Turkey.” Gary Johnson Mixes Up More Syrian Details Trying to Fix Aleppo Flub 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Cruz’s position is one that is easy for him to defend and frankly is rather politically expedient, but it also can get him crossways with social conservatives in a hurry.” Ted Cruz takes shots from social conservative candidates 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “That opens up the possibility that people are put on the list for inappropriate reasons like retaliation for filing claims, asserting their rights under the Iowa Civil Rights Act or getting crossways with someone.” Iowa universities identify disqualified ex-workers 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Two star players getting hurt, everybody kind of looking at each other crossways, the whole organization, everybody talking about firings. Ex-Husky Terrence Ross nets 26 points in win over Portland | NBA 2013-01-03T05:27:04Z From the latter crossways ran at frequent intervals so that access could be obtained to any of the ballonets. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Those of us in the Hamiltonian tradition sit crossways in this debate. Op-Ed Columnist: Step to the Center 2012-03-27T00:06:45Z These valves, it will be seen, extend crossways of the cylinder and are circular. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The ship's spars were laid crossways for the main rafters, and other wood was used for the completion of the roof-frame, over which were stretched reed mattings and sail-cloth. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The sails are made of several mats, of an oblong form, and are placed crossways on the masts. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z About a century since, this person, finding it impossible to succeed in business, hanged himself in his own mill, and was buried in a neighbouring "crossways." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-20T03:00:18.340Z All these people had stopped at the bend of the road where there were crossways. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z Just now, in the late and sodden northern spring, it was a disheartening stretch of hummocks and bog-holes, the bog-holes emphasized by a leg-breaking array of half rotten poles laid crossways. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z After they were burnt black they were again laid before him and examined; if they had cracked lengthways the omen was favorable, if crossways the enterprise was abandoned. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z They were tied on to two layers of poplar poles put crossways, forming a raft about eighteen feet square. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z During their journey hundreds of logs get stuck here and there, sometimes lying crossways between the banks and damming the river. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z So far as Frank could see, the eagle had seized the salmon by the middle of its back, the fish twisting itself crossways as it was carried up into the air. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z I fastened two sticks crossways, and having stuck one up the eagle's neck, I fastened the two opened wings to the two side branches of the cross. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z He flung it from him quickly, and it dropped crossways just behind the great snake's hood, pinning him to the floor. The Second Jungle Book 2011-09-10T02:00:30.870Z "Gallows and instruments of torture were to be seen at all the crossways," says Henri Martin. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z When in use, eight stout sticks were laid crossways, with the ends thrust into the edge of the linen, so that they expanded it and drew the running cord tight. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Across these lengthways they laid lesser rods, then still more slender rods crossways, and on these again boughs of spruce fir, one on the other to a foot or more in depth. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The completed tabulations occupied three large sheets, one for each of the fingers, ruled crossways into fifty-three vertical columns for the A brothers, and fifty-three horizontal rows for the B brothers. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z I never would have thought this could happen, but it just goes to show how a man gets a notion crossways in his head and jams up the machinery. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He felt as if he had a corn cob crossways in his throat. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Eventually they were all in the tent, lying in a row crossways, the mother by the opening as a sort of barricade. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The tourist is advised of his approach to it by signs swung at the crossways, and its plaster and timber walls are in plain sight from one of the excellent state roads. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Fountains were very common in the open spaces and at the crossways in Pompeii. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Those who have emptied their guns follow without staying to re-load; for they form a line which, deployed crossways, cannot fail to enclose and cut off its retreat, making escape impossible. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Cat-harping fashion.—Drinking crossways, and not as usual, over the left thumb. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Set trap with jaws never crossways to the hole. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. "If he so much as looks crossways at you, I'll give him something to remember me by," Bill cried. An Amateur Fireman See, children, you say he can't never refuse me nothing; listen how he won't let me get in a word crossways before he snaps me off. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Then, crossways on them, poles about four inches through, placed at six inches apart. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend The roads pause on the mounds, they hesitate at crossways, and they dip into slight and shallow valleys, whence they do not see the riot of walls and roofs from out of which they go. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure You make your bait stick very sharp and run it through crossways of the section, piercing the skin on both sides. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. Among the divinities whose cult was thus quickened into life were the Lares, the guardian deities of the crossways, whose worship was especially practiced by the common folk. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Then he was to let the anchor fall and swing the ship round crossways with the rudder. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read Then, crossways on them, other poles, about two inches through, placed at three inches apart. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend I gave the dog the coin, and he presently returned, bringing a cigar, which he held crossways in his mouth until I took it from him. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" I rowed out to the mouth of the Bay, keeping inside the Ghoul Rock; then I started crossways over to the far point. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia We come across other threads that seem to run crossways, but that's because what we're trying to see is a whole piece of cloth, not just the threads. The Blue Ghost Mystery If the boat were cut in two crossways in the middle, the section ought to resemble that in Fig. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Then, crossways on them, rods as thick as your finger, placed at an inch apart. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend One quick hard cut; a sharp gasp from Clee; a repetition; then two more times crossways—and a firm, spongelike metallic disc lay revealed. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 He's walking slowly: When thou art at the crossways, thou wilt see him. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature It is a human skin filled with blood, covered with a shroud, and shows itself at crossways and on bridges, in caves and graveyards, but also rattles window-shutters and throws down tiles from the roof. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia A little forward of the Fram there is a broad, newly formed open lane, in which she could lie crossways. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I “Aren’t we worrying this thing on the crossways?” he said, endeavoring to disguise his real feelings. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Over the bark they laid boughs of butternut and maple, with long sticks placed crossways to keep them in place. Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly When a fool gets an idea crossways in his head, nothing but a cold chisel will get it out again, and, anyway, people don't thank you for pointing out their mistakes. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories The slips must be laid over the wound crossways, and reach several inches beyond each side of it, in order to hold the parts firmly together. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families At night one of the seats forms one bed and another is let down crossways above it. Round the Wonderful World Soles cut in pieces, crossways, about the size of a smelt, make a very pretty garnish for stewed fish and boiled fish. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual His rider knew this, and, having no room in the rocky channel to turn and fire, drew rein at the crossways sharply, and plunged into the black ravine leading to the Wizard's Slough. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. Again, though there is undoubtedly an advantage gained by taking a bunker crossways, and thus giving the ball more time to rise, the advantage is often greatly exaggerated in the golfer's mind. The Complete Golfer The fish plate should be set crossways over the kettle, to keep hot for serving; and a clean cloth over the fish, to prevent its losing its colour. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Each consisted of four pieces of bamboo, lashed together crossways with strips of rattan, so as to form a square in the centre just large enough to admit the body of a man. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains On certain crossways and in some of the smaller streets there is an indescribable confusion, a real architectural riot, a dance of houses, a disorder that seems animated. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Two canoes fifty or sixty feet long were lashed together with cords and eight or nine hogsheads of tobacco were rolled on their gunwales crossways for the trip to Richmond. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" Saying which I struck the pony a sharp blow with my riding-whip crossways on the flank. The Crack of Doom Slice a red cabbage crossways, put it in an earthen dish, and throw on it a handful of salt. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families When he gets that big black fin up crossways of the stream he pulls like a ton. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri To choose voluntarily between several definite courses of action, cerebral centres are necessary, that is, crossways from which paths start, leading to motor mechanisms of diverse form but equal precision. Creative Evolution We will lay them in the bottom of the boat, Luka, four longways and four crossways. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia He was seated at a writing-table with his head resting on his arms, which hung crossways over the desk. The Crack of Doom Did he indeed mistake the way and lead his splendid cavalry by round-about crossways to the plateau instead of by the straight Brussels road? The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days And when it begins that way, with fine flakes, slanting crossways, it means business! Patty's Social Season He divined that this mood was to continue and instead of getting off his pony he swung crossways in the saddle. The Range Boss I should, perhaps, be enabled to prise off one of the boards, and this would save me the long, wearisome task of cutting it crossways. The Boy Tar To-day the holy relics will be borne through the streets and crossways of the city. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country Once I tried to take up the cushions and put them crossways, but I found them fixed, and the conductor grinned. A Tramp's Notebook He doesn't talk 'round about, and sideways, and crossways, to children. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood At last I went back to the fire and having placed two or three long pieces of wood crossways upon one another, I sat down on the stone which had served me for a pillow. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille I propped myself with pieces of cloth, so that I might work more conveniently, and after groping out one of the divisions of the lid, I commenced notching it crossways. The Boy Tar Instead of a tiller, there was a short piece of wood, elegantly carved and gilded, which extended crossways with the boat. The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton He then takes them to a little distance from the water’s edge; and in devouring them, is careful to get them crossways in his mouth, lest he should suffer from their nippers. A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals Pointing the stakes, I drove them into the ground just inside the mouth of the hollow, placing other pieces crossways, and jamming them as I best could into the sides of the entrance. In the Wilds of Africa “I know all the crossways and cross cuts better probably than you do, or indeed than anybody you can find, and I might be useful in guiding you.” The Lily of Leyden Lengthways my little chamber was nearly six feet, but crossways little more than two; and up where the hole was—in which I intended to insert the measuring-rod—it was still less. The Boy Tar And whatever be his road, to make toward his goal, the traveler must not lose himself in crossways, nor hamper his movements with useless burdens. The Simple Life Benjie had taught us not to cut it crossways, but from end to end, as it tasted better when cut wrong. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Another layer was placed crossways on this; and so on, till the raft was of sufficient thickness to bear the party. In the Wilds of Africa Standing at these misnamed crossways, I noticed hurrying past an Italian woman bearing a load of household furniture on her back, and followed by a man—her husband, I was told—cursing her. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 On this side and that the horsemen bar the familiar crossways, and encircle every outlet with sentinels. The Aeneid of Virgil They passed over many ascents, 732 descents, and straight ways and crossways. The Iliad of Homer (1873) The Texan's course lay "crossways of the country," that is, in order to reach his objective he must needs cross all the innumerable coulees and branches that found their way to the Missouri. Prairie Flowers Then deal an outside row of fourteen cards placed crossways. Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games I have seen some of the latter where, both sides and crossways, the name of the mistress or the patron has been sent down to posterity with eternal torture. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 We passed some very pretty peasant girls, dressed in bodices laced crossways with ribbon. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 “Mercy me!” said poor Mrs Greenways with a sigh, “everything do seem to go crossways today.” White Lilac; or the Queen of the May "Pull her round crossways to the swell and get away from the side—quick!" the officer in charge called. Tom Slade with the Colors If the game succeeds, the final tableau will form an M composed of the eights, the fives and the twos, the four aces being placed crossways in the centre. Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games The witch was 'tried' in the same way, except that she was tied 'crossways', i.e. the right thumb to the left big toe, and the left thumb to the right big toe. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology It may be said here that a snake's mouth opens crossways as well as vertically, and each side has the power of working independently, the teeth being re-curved backwards. Ranching, Sport and Travel They took possession of all the squares and crossways in the street, where they drew up in order of battle. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 I laid one crossways on top just to see. Dixie Hart "You look out or my name will get stuck crossways in your throat and choke you," growled the ranchman. Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's The boys found themselves clinging to the branches of a broken tree which was wedged crossways in the cove, its trunk entirely submerged. Tom Slade's Double Dare "Here goes the Temple Twist," said he, turning a complete somersault and then jerking himself sideways so as to strike the water crossways to the spring-board. Tom Slade at Temple Camp It was the work of hardly a minute to bind three other narrow strips of shingle among the spokes so that they stood more or less crossways. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer I'm the one that oughter know because I've fished her from end to end and crossways—sea fishing, creek fishing, lake fishing and all. Roughing it De Luxe And in some parts of England the Shepherd's Purse is known as Clapper Pouch, in allusion to the licensed begging of lepers at our crossways in olden times with a bell and a clapper. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Lying crossways underneath the trunk was the body of a man, his face looking straight up into the sky with a fixed stare, and a soulless grin upon his ashen face. Tom Slade's Double Dare Jimmy, lolling crossways on one of the little let-down seats with his leg across the other, caught the glance, sprang up and thrust his head out at the window. Foe-Farrell He says she 'd never been courted on a'count of her nose, but he said he wanted a farm bad enough to be willin' to never forget to tip his face pretty well crossways. Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs For a pair of white-throats or "nettle-creepers" are on the watch, and seize the green creeping things crossways in their beaks. Nature Near London I adhered to the crossways, till I reached Market Street. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The best beds had heavy cords, wove crossways and lengthways, instead of slats. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Planks was laid crossways and straw put on them and the beds was kivvered with the whitest sheets you ever seen. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Annesley's heart seemed to drop out of its place, to go "crossways," as her old Irish nurse used to say a million years ago. The Second Latchkey At last it slipped and he managed to get it jammed crossways. The Good Comrade If a person went to swallow 'em crossways, they'd choke to death. Flower of the Dusk Dey piled whole sticks of cord wood on it at one time, wid little sticks crossways under 'em and, let me tell you, dat was a fire what would cook anything and evvything. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Then the long barrel stave, tied fast to his shoe, became caught crossways under the hole in the snow, and Russ couldn't pull his foot out. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's To his experience it was at once plainly evident this preliminary cutting had been made through solid rock, not in the following of any seam, but crossways. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West It was a little, rotund, parrot-beaked puffin, loaded with fish—sprats—four of them set crossways in his wonderful bill. The Way of the Wild They built a house, piling two sticks lengthways and two crossways, one above the other, and so on until they had laid the walls for three rooms. A Little Florida Lady It lay at the crossways of two roads—like a log on a saw-buck—and our route was around it to the left. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars "Nope," and the old soldier kept on shaking his head "crossways," as Bunny said. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour An' the first thing I knew I would have killed any man that would look crossways at her. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country We see the streets where he played when a child, in the stony paths or little crossways which separate the dwellings. The Life of Jesus He marched through the gang lengthways, crossways, and diagonally, but to no purpose. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm They ain't so much of me to keep as you—crossways, I mean. Sundown Slim I know things are going crosswise a bit with you, dearie, as they always do in an unknown country; but I don't worry about that, because at the crossways there is always a signpost. The Hawk of Egypt After that I'm a-goin' to start out an' examine this here town of Las Vegas lengthways, crossways, down through the middle, an' both sides of the crick. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country The fat girl met these demonstrations with a fat smile, and extended to the young man a long, narrow envelop, laid crossways over the dirty palm of her large, thick hand. Bressant The light into this chamber was conveyed through a hole at the top; in the midst was a kind of bier, made of sticks laid crossways, supported by props of about five feet in height. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time When the estate to be manured is steep, then the substance to be applied should be placed in ridges cut crossways to the descent of the slopes. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. I had then nothing to do but observe the line, and riding crossways, my horse's feet, through the ling, informed me when I was upon it. The Evolution of an English Town Gerard Manley Hopkins Modern poetry, like the modern consciousness of which it is the epitome, seems to stand irresolute at a crossways with no signpost. Aspects of Literature Salad, English, Mixed.—The old-fashioned English mixed salad generally consisted of English lettuce cut up into strips crossways, to which was added mustard and cress, boiled beetroot, chopped celery, spring onions, radishes, and watercress. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet On this dais a table ran crossways, at which the lord and his family with their guests, ate, while a few steps lower, at a long table running lengthwise of the hall, sat the retainers. The Art of Interior Decoration I was standing at the crossways, where the road goes off to Gaskarth. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Behold us, then, three of us, mounted in half Spanish saddles, with our rifles in front lying crossways between our persons and the horn of the saddle. Christopher Carson The town, he says, was divided lengthways by four streets and crossways by three. Ancient Town-Planning Rubber, goatskins, hides, and orchids from the interior; grain, tobacco, sugar, and rum from the river valley, met, mingled, and passed at this crossways of commerce. Through stained glass His rider knew this, and having no room in the rocky channel to turn and fire, drew rein at the crossways sharply, and plunged into the black ravine leading to the Wizard's Slough. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Dish them up on platter, each row crossways to prevent under ones from becoming sodden. The Story of Crisco So they drained it long and crossways in the lavish Roman style. A Diversity of Creatures Then he hates with a deadly hatred all who make music in the street or next door—and preach in the crossways and bawl their wares on the parade. Social Pictorial Satire Similarly, in Bohemia, on the eve of May Day, young people kindle fires on hills and eminences, at crossways, and in pastures, and dance round them. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul So the two watchmen supped in the crossways, spreading the contents of their baskets on the marble steps. The Shadow of the Cathedral He read it forwards, backwards, crossways, and in every other way, but absolutely without result. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life These are the crossways on which I never dreamed of finding myself. Without Dogma These poems certainly are not deficient in various horrible motives, such as churchyards, nightly crossways, ghosts and vampires; but the repulsive themes do not touch the intrinsic merit of the poet. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes My messengerSaw him start forth, and watched him past the crossways.An hour will bring him here. The Saint's Tragedy As they came into the crossways, the light from the high altar fell full upon them, and Gabriel saw the Tato and the shoemaker with the bell-ringer. The Shadow of the Cathedral These are short, rough, wooden planks, nailed crossways on long baulks of timber. Bullets & Billets So we dash at a venture through a labyrinth of byways and crossways till we find ourselves in the wide street that runs immediately along but inside the walls. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Black details the history of a young man of nineteen who went to his bath-room and deliberately placing his scrotum on the edge of the tub he cut it crossways down to the wood. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine His invention consisted in the perfect distribution of the ink, by giving end motion to the rollers, so as to get a distribution crossways, as well as lengthways. Men of Invention and Industry "Well, the line runs crossways: it don't follow the child was in our parish." Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Quarter the cabbage lengthways, and then slice it crossways. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches Draw up the papers, lawyer, and make 'em good and stout; For things at home are crossways, and Betsey and I are out. Farm Ballads I put four spars side by side, and laid short bits of plank on them, crossways, to make my raft strong. The Elson Readers, Book 5 They rode at a trot to the crossways; there one cried halt. The Forest Lovers So I took the net off the hooks, folded it the lengthwise, and shook it crossways, up and down the room. Botchan (Master Darling) For this purpose a pyre was built of logs of wood laid crossways, in form of a gridiron, on which he was to be slowly broiled to death. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) His eyes traveled up and down from her golden curls to her golden slippers, and then crossways, from one plump shoulder to the other. Ptomaine Street For, tho' heroes I've numbered, unblest was their lot, "And unhallowed they sleep in the crossways of Fame;— "But oh! there is not "One dishonoring blot "On the wreath that encircles my Wellington's name. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Some of them are strange unknown ways, like those of the planets; others are highways, crossways, and byways. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 I've been raking my poor nut back and forth and crossways, without getting a glimmer of an idea how to help him. The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause Along the floor, which is raised about a foot from the ground, and along the roof run a number of grooves, lengthways and crossways. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan I walked alone and thinking, And faint the nightwind blew And stirred on mounds at crossways The flower of sinner's rue. Last Poems by A. E. Housman A sombre sky in autumnal lights—and the crossways…. Tales of the Wilderness The pillories were always situated in the most frequented places, such as markets, crossways, &c. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period The doors were so contrived as to open crossways, each serving as a security to the other. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot There, there was an impenetrable network of streets and crossways barricaded by the People, surrounded by the Army. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness The fish-plate should be set crossways over the kettle, to keep hot for serving, and a clean cloth over the fish, to prevent its losing its colour. The Book of Household Management At times these are sorrowful, as endless as the crossways themselves: Russia was borne in these songs, born with them, from them. Tales of the Wilderness "You ordered Count O——- and myself," continued Lord Seymour, "to hold two naked swords crossways over your head, during the whole time of the conjuration; for what purpose?" The Works of Frederich Schiller "You ordered Count O—— and myself," continued Lord Seymour, "to hold two naked swords crossways over your head, during the whole time of the conjuration; for what purpose?" The Ghost-Seer; or the Apparitionist; and Sport of Destiny Their supposed resemblance to the king's corduroy cloth gained for these crossways the name of corduroy roads. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian Gainsborough stood at the crossways of progress and pointed the way. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Our ways lie through the crossways as they ever have done, and ever will. Tales of the Wilderness On one side all was white with the bright glitter of silver: watches in rows, chains hanging, spoons and forks laid crossways, cups, snuff-boxes, napkin-rings, and combs arranged on shelves. The Fat and the Thin I had frequently built crossways over treacherous swamps. Four Months in a Sneak-Box Harry rode at the bush fence—which was not, indeed, much of a fence, made of logs lengthways and crossways, about three feet and a half high— and went over it. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil What would you say to turning aside at the next crossways and going westward where the sea lies? The Treasure Two wheel-tracks, ripple grass, a foot- path and around them, besides sky or rye or snow or trees, are the crossways, without beginning or end or limit. Tales of the Wilderness All this throng at last pulls up and gathers and groans at the crossways where the burrows of the Refuge open out. Under Fire: the story of a squad Now, we have just reached one of these mental crossways. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic But very soon the crossways had confused him. The Odd Women He is overtaken by a terrible storm, and coming to a Chapel, standing at a crossways in the middle of a forest, enters for shelter. From Ritual to Romance The neighbouring crossways coiled round them in a ring, then narrowed away into the forest. Tales of the Wilderness In Bohemia, on the eve of May Day, young people kindle fires on hills and eminences, at crossways, and in pastures, and dance round them. The Golden Bough He had blue lips, eyes looking crossways and eyebrows like a furze bush. The King of Ireland's Son It's to doubt your flannel petticoat crossways, or any other large piece of flannel you may conveniently have at hand, and put it on over your night-cap. East Lynne There was a stunted handpost just on the crest, Only a few feet high: She was tired, and we stopped in the twilight-time for her rest, At the crossways close thereby. Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses All Russia is in the crossways—amid the fields, thickets marshes, and forests. Tales of the Wilderness On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire. She I had an evil vision," said she, "I saw crossways. Irish Fairy Tales I now come to that last line of your letter written crossways, in which you give me a word of caution about your sister. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero When they had got on some way they came to four crossways, each leading to a different country. Grimm's Fairy Tales Forest, thickets, marshes, fields, a tranquil sky—and the crossways! Tales of the Wilderness As for me, I picked myself up at once, but I stuck out my lance* crossways and barred the street, so that my comrades were checked at the very first moment of pursuit. Carmen Striped candy don't agree with me very well, anyway; I'm liable to swallow the stripes crossways, I guess likely. Shavings Three ways of ornamenting clothes with lace, &c.; in barring it was laid on crossways, in ounding it was waved, in paling it was laid on lengthways. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems At length a heavy rain fell crossways, and soon straight up and down, and how all these elements of destruction yelled together, clashed and interlocked, no tongue can tell. An Iceland Fisherman Forests, thickets, fields, a tranquil sky—and crossways!… Tales of the Wilderness And I lived alone and had nothing, nothing that ever lasted, for I was born on High and Over in the crossways of the winds, and they were the godfathers of my birth. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard He flung it from him quickly and it dropped crossways just behind the great snake's hood, pinning him to the floor. The Second Jungle Book When we were not either side, we were crossways in the middle. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow "We must arrange the table crossways, sir, at the end of the room," he said. A Millionaire of Yesterday Sometimes the crossways joined the main-road that ran alongside the railway. Tales of the Wilderness The moonlight, filtering through the branches of the crossways, made the lonely, tranquil waters, where they peeped between the crosses and the lily-pads, sparkle like diamonds. An Historical Mystery By the roadside, at the crossways, but not in view of the road, a council of our ragged regiment was held in a deep ditch. A Monk of Fife "Isn't that enough to put the heart crossways in you?" said one of the men, with a great sigh. The Crock of Gold They could recognise the markets and crossways in the distance, and disputed with one another as to the sites of the temples. Salammbo Both led to the towns where dwelt Those Others who had yearned to march over the crossways, who had made the main-roads straight as rules. Tales of the Wilderness Now Cavor's feet would float up before my eyes, and now we would be crossways to each other. The First Men in the Moon The crossways creep and crawl like a winding thread, without beginning and without end. Tales of the Wilderness The crossways to the forests became choked, and they made new ways to the marshlands, to the Seven Brothers, to the wastelands. Tales of the Wilderness |
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