Cross handle

a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur.

See also: Cross

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The metal shaft of the auger is topped by a cross handle. Hand augers are usually designed to dig 6-inch-diameter holes.

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Based in Wesson, Miss., Cross handles the company's sales and service activities in the southern and southeastern United States.

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ON THE WALL: Part of the company's Country Bath Collection, this wall-mount lavatory faucet has a 6 1/2-inch-reach column spout and available cross handles. The unit measures 7 1/2 inches tall and features quarter-turn ceramic-disc valves that won't leak, the maker says.

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"There has to be some better way." Currently, Cross handles technology access for his facilities though existing troughs and by running wiring from the ceiling through power poles.