2. Verb. To breed incrosses. ¹
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Definition of Incross
1. to inbreed [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: inbreed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incross
Literary usage of Incross
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Civil Engineer's Pocket-book by John Cresson Trautwine (1919)
"P* = load on column ; pp* = — = average unit load on column ; e* =* max unit
stress incross section; a« «• elastic limit of material ; E = elastic modulus ..."
2. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1838)
"Indeed, the counsel actually put this question to one of the claimant's medical
witnesses, incross examination, (p. 24,) and he acknowledged that he was ..."
3. The Theory and Practice of Cattle-breeding by William Warfield (1889)
"What has already been said was for the purpose of showing that there was no such
claim made for an outcross as has sometimes been made for an incross. ..."
4. The Tichborne Trial: The Summing-up by the Lord Chief Justice of England by Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, Arthur Orton (1874)
"... but Mr. Holmes said the defendant was ill, and could not be seen, and M.
Chatillon had not an opportunity of another interview. incross- ..."
5. History of the County of Ayr: With a Genealogical Account of the Families of by James Paterson (1852)
"... he had two daughters, of whom the youngest, Agnes (not Elizabeth) was married
to Robert Boyd of Port- incross. ..."
6. Toy Dogs and Their Ancestors, Including the History and Mangement of Toy by Wentworth (1911)
"... for if there is a flaw in the constitution this also will assert itself and
become more pronounced with every repetition of the incross. ..."
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