Part 2611

<hw>Cross"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.</def>

<h1>Crossopterygian</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cros*sop`ter*yg"i*an</hw> <tt>(kr?s-s?p`t?r-?j?-a]/>n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> One of the Crossopterygii.</def></def2>

<h1>Crossopterygii</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cros*sop`te*ryg"i*i</hw> <tt>(kr?s-s?p`t?-r?j?-?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ tassels, a fringe + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, dim. of <?/<?/<?/<?/ wing, fin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (<spn>Polypterus</spn>). See <er>Brachioganoidei</er>.</def>

<h1>Crosspatch</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"patch`</hw> <tt>(-p?ch`; 224)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An ill-natured person.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "<i>Crosspatch</i>, draw the latch."

<i>Mother Goose.</i>

<h1>Cross-pawl</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"-pawl`</hw> <tt>(-p?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Cross-spale</er>.</def>

<h1>Crosspiece</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"piece`</hw> <tt>(kr?s"p?s`; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.</def>

<h1>Cross-purpose</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"-pur`pose</hw> <tt>(-p?r`p?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.</def>

<i>Shaftesbury.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.</def>

<i>Pepys.</i>

<cs><col>To be at cross-purposes</col>, <cd>to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cross-question</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"-ques`tion</hw> <tt>(-kw?s`ch?n)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cross-questioned</er> <tt>(-ch?nd)</tt>, <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Cross-questioning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.</def>

<h1>Cross-reading</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"-read`ing</hw> <tt>(r?d`?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.</def>

<h1>Crossroad</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"road`</hw> <tt>(-r?d`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.</def>

<h1>Crossrow</h1> <Xpage=348>

<hw>Cross"row`</hw> <tt>(-r?`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The alphabet; -- called also <altname>Christcross-row</altname>.</def>

<blockquote>And from the <b>crossrow</b> plucks the letter G. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>