Vocabulary : Crossgrained to Crossness
Crossgrained : Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. ;; Perverse; untractable; contrary.Crosshatching : In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.
Crosshead : A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.
Crossing : of Cross ;; The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean. ;; The act of making the sign of the cross. ;; The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds. ;; Intersection, as of two paths or roads. ;; A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street. ;; Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Crossjack : The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.
