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Crossbite :: Crossbite (b. t.) To deceive; to trick; to gull.

Cross-garnet :: Cross-garnet (n.) A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

Rynd :: Rynd (n.) A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees..

Water Shrew :: Water shrew () Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits..

Overthwartly :: Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely..

Cross :: Cross (prep.) Athwart; across.

Frampoid :: Frampoid (a.) Peevish; cross; vexatious; quarrelsome.

Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write..

Allogamy :: Allogamy (n.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

Crisscross-row :: Crisscross-row (n.) See Christcross-row.

Crabbish :: Crabbish (a.) Somewhat sour or cross.

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.

Prodd :: Prodd (n.) A crossbow. See Prod, 3..

Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..

Bound :: Bound (v. i.) To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain..

Transnatation :: Transnatation (n.) The act of swimming across, as a river..

Broad :: Broad (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor..

Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..

Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..

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