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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crossbill \Cross"bill`\ (-b[i^]l`). (Law) A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. --Bouvier. Note: In criminal practice, cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in another, may be tried together. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crossbill \Cross"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus {Loxia}, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other the crossbeak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crossbill n : finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed [syn: {Loxia curvirostra}]
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