Bible Dictionaries
Diagonal

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.

(2):

(a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.

(3):

(n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.

(4):

(n.) A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Diagonal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/diagonal.html. 1828.