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crossgrained |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crossgrained \Cross"grained\ (-gr?nd`), a. 1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way --Moxon. 2. Perverse; untractable; contrary. She was none of your crossgrained, termagant, scolding jades. --Arbuthnot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cross-grained adj 1: difficult to deal with [syn: {contrarious}] 2: of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel
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