crosswise

How To Use crosswise In A Sentence

• This substance was composed of strips cut from stalks of the papyrus reed, which were dried, laid across each other crosswise, and glued together to form a somewhat nubby writing surface.
• With a sharp knife, slice each scallop crosswise into 4 rounds, ¼ inch thick. Scallop Sashimi With Cucumber and Purslane
• If necessary, pull a strand of yarn along the crosswise grain, and cut along this yarn.
• And to cut something "crosswise" is to cut it across its circumference. Bridget Moloney: When Recipes are Useless
• Stripes can run lengthwise, crosswise or diagonally.
• Fold two 24 - inch lengths of aluminum foil in half crosswise, and unfold.
• Cut the leeks lengthwise in half or in quarters if they are more than 1 inch thick, then slice them crosswise in ½-inch chunks. How To Cook Italian
• Upper blastopore lip still engaged in invagination was implanted in a different orientation in relation to the host embryo - crosswise and opposite to the orientation of the later primary primordia. Hans Spemann - Nobel Lecture
• If these winds blew the same direction all the time, the dunes would line up crosswise to the breeze.
• If it is cut crosswise, across the bias of the cloth, which gives fluidity and firmness it will hang straight.