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from The Century Dictionary.
- Crosswise.
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One mass of rock, more than twelve feet square, was thrown up out of the sea in a storm, not many years since, and now lies athwartwise, never to be moved unless another omnipotent wave shall give it another toss.
Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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