crossflow

noun, verb — 2 senses

crossflow

noun

Etymology From cross- + flow.

1

A crosswise flow.

crossflow

verb

Etymology From cross- + flow.

1

To flow across, or in a contrary direction.

  • his cross-flowing course1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:

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