He had passed the Grand Opera and was reaching the crossway of the Rue Drouot.

These are short, rough, wooden planks, nailed crossways on long baulks of timber.

If this goes on I should not be surprised to see this popinjay and other rascals like him playing at 'Rayuelo' in the crossways in front of the choir.

The fish-plate should be set crossways over the kettle, to keep hot for serving, and a clean cloth over the fish, to prevent its losing its colour.

He made his usual trial of doors and railings; visited the Locum and the large lavoratories, where once some thieves had concealed themselves, and after he was quite certain that there was no human being in the church except himself, he seated himself in the crossways with his cloak round him, and his basket o

His first notable work, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, was published in 1859, the same year as George Eliot's Adam Bede; but it was not till the publication of Diana of the Crossways in 1885, that his power as a novelist was widely recognized.