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Definition of Cross-country
1. Adverb. Not following tracks or roads. "They liked to race cross-country"
2. Adverb. Across the countryside. "The road runs cross-country"
Definition of Cross-country
1. Noun. (alternative form of cross country) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-country
Literary usage of Cross-country
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The Cross Country Mill: While these improvements were being made in the looping
mill, ... It is known as the cross-country mill, and is intended for rolling ..."
2. Science, Technology and Industry Outlook: Drivers of Growth : Information by OECD (2001)
"cross-country comparisons Whatever ... measure of entrepreneurship used,
cross-country comparisons of the relationship to growth remain problematic. ..."
3. Learning to Fly in the U. S. Army: A Manual of Aviation Practice by Elisha Noel Fales (1917)
"In cross-country flying, then, your chief anxiety will be to arrive at your ...
The first cross-country flight you make may be a short, easy one, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"The dress suitable for cross-country running is a pair of twill ... Training for
the cross-country championships has now been reduced to a science ; and the ..."
5. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2006)
"Cross-Country Flights A good way to cover the distances to the corners of Costa
Rica is by air. To spend a weekend in Quepos or Tortuguero, for example, ..."
6. Aircraft Year Book by Manufacturers Aircraft Association (1920)
"CHAPTER II cross-country FLYING AND LANDING FIELDS THE comprehensive aircraft
program which the United States Government was compelled to adopt in 1017 to ..."
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