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Crossway

noun

A junction where one street or road crosses another. Synonyms: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, intersection.

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Etymology of 'Crossway'

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"Crossway" Quotes from Famous Books

... their hard tooth, whose gnawing scars the stem. For no offence but this to Bacchus bleeds The goat at every altar, and old plays Upon the stage find entrance; therefore too The sons of Theseus through the country-side- Hamlet and crossway- set the prize of wit, And on the smooth sward over oiled skins Dance in their tipsy frolic. Furthermore The Ausonian swains, a race from Troy derived, Make merry with rough rhymes and boisterous mirth, Grim masks of hollowed bark assume, invoke Thee with glad hymns, O Bacchus, and to thee Hang ...

— The Georgics • Virgil

... breathed no more; The moon was mantled long, Till towers thrust the cloudy cloak Upon the steeples' throng; The crossway Christ, in ivy draped, Shrank, grieving, 'neath the pall,— Away, ...

— Poems • Victor Hugo

Words linked to "Crossway" : route, turning point, grade crossing, junction, corner, level crossing, crossroad, intersection, street corner, road