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Webster 1828 Edition
Cross-grained
CROSS-GRAINED
,Adj.
1.
Having the grain or fibers across or irregular; as in timber, where a branch shoots from the trunk, there is a curling of the grain.2.
Perverse; untractable; not condescending.Definition 2024
cross-grained
cross-grained
See also: crossgrained
English
Adjective
cross-grained (not comparable)
- (of timber) Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain.
- (by extension) Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome.
Translations
Timber having an irregular rather than a parallel grain.
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