From side to side; in a crossing or crossed manner; crosswise.
From one side to another; transversely; in a transverse line: as, what is the distance across? I came across in a steamer.
Adversely; contrarily: as, “things go across,” Mir. for Mags., p. 344
From side to side of, as opposed to along, which is in the direction of the length; athwart; quite over: as, a bridge is laid across a river.
Transverse to the length of; so as to intersect at any angle: as, a line passing across another.
Beyond; on the other side of.