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Definition of Cross-grained

1. Adjective. Difficult to deal with.

2. Adjective. Of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel.

Definition of Cross-grained

1. Adjective. (context: of timber) Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: by extension) Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-grained

cross-examine cross-examiner cross-eye cross-eyed cross-fertilisation cross-fertilise cross-fertilization cross-fertilize cross-file cross-foster

cross-fostered cross-fostering cross-fosters cross-garnet cross-garnets cross-grained (current term) cross-hatch cross-hatched cross-hatches cross-hatching

cross-hybridisation cross-index cross-infection cross-jack yard cross-jack yards cross-kick cross-lag cross-leaved heath cross-legged cross-light

Literary usage of Cross-grained

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von ( Mueller (1884)
"That of old trees is sometimes cross-grained, and thus furnishes a portion of the curled Maple-wood, which is very beautiful and much in request for ..."

2. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1902)
"... a cross-grained, old-fashioned, whimsical fellow, with с ugly face, a daughter, and a pretty son ? Hast. We have not seen the gentleman ; but he les the ..."

3. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture and Properties by Adelbert Philo Mills, Harrison Washburn Hayward (1922)
"When a straight-grained log is sawn, either straight-grained or cross- grained timber may be obtained, depending upon the parallelism of the plane of ..."

4. Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: A General Reference Work on Surveying by American Technical Society (1917)
"3, are shown three pieces of timber of which A is absolutely cross grained, B is partially cross grained, and C is straight grained. ..."

5. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"... often cross-grained ; heartwood distinct, resinous. Pore* round, often in groups, small to large, generally moderate-sized, often tilled with resin, ..."

6. Student and Singer: The Reminiscences of Charles Santley by Charles Santley (1892)
"... CHAPTER IX Efforts to obtain Work—Engagement at Pavia — A Conceited Tenor and a cross-grained Baritone — I escort an Aged ..."

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