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# crossway

noun (crossways, crossway; old use)

«crossway» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A crossway is a place where two or more roads meet; a crossroads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a crossway is a lonely place where two or more roads meet, sometimes used for burying or leaving offerings

### Examples

- They carried the pots out to a crossway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/#x1)
- She was buried at a crossway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/#x2)
- Wait for me at the crossway by the old oak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names a place, and counting the roads there is a separate question.

## In Jewish tradition

It means a place where roads meet. Obadiah rebukes Edom for blocking it to catch Israelite refugees.

**Interpretation.** Edom's cruelty to its "brother" is a major theme. Tradition often sees Edom as a symbol of hostile powers.

### Examples

- Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. (Prophets OBA.1.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crossway/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names a place, and counting the roads there is a separate question.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

A place where two or more roads meet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crossway/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "crossroads." The sentences use the old word.

### Examples

- Then they carried out the pots to a crossway. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crossway/#x1)
- “I had an evil vision,” said she, “I saw crossways. (Irish Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crossway/#x2)
- Her body was passed underneath the threshold and buried at a crossway. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crossway/#x3)

### Note

Today: crossroads.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crossway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crossway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crossway.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «crossway» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crossway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crossway» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/crossway.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «crossway» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crossway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crossway» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/crossway.html) on Mova free.