"Section C"
),
oblique
lamination of horizontal beds. --
Cross
bill.
See in the Vocabulary. --
Cross
bitt.
Same as Crosspiece. --
Cross bond,
a form of bricklaying, in which
the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of
the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and
stretchers intervening. See Bond, n.,
8. --
Cross breed.
See in the
Vocabulary. --
Cross breeding.
See
under Breeding. --
Cross buttock,
a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an unexpected defeat
or repulse. Smollet. --
Cross
country,
across the country; not by the road."The
cross-country ride."
Cowper. --
Cross
fertilization,
the fertilization of the female
products of one physiological individual by the male products of
another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules of one plant by
pollen from another. See Fertilization. --
Cross file,
a double convex file, used in
dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheels. --
Cross fire (Mil.),
lines of fire,
from two or more points or places, crossing each other.
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