(Zoöl.) Same as Crossbill.Cross"beam` (-bēm`). n.
1. (Arch.) A girder.
2. (Naut.) A beam laid across the
bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at
anchor.
Cross"-bear`er (-b?r`?r), n. (R.
C. Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an
archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
Cross"bill` (-b&ibreve;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.
&fist; 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.
Cross"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches.
Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the
crossbeak.
Cross"-birth` (-b&etilde;rth`), n.
(Med.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of
the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the
shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth
of the uterus.
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