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Cross"bite` (-bīt`), n.
A deception; a cheat. [Obs.]

Cross"bite", v. t. To deceive;
to trick; to gull. [Obs.]

Cross"bones` (-bōnz`), n. pl.
A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a
skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and
serving as a symbol of death.

Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other
lugubrious emblems of mortality.

Hawthorne.

Cross"bow` (-bō`), n.
(Archery) A weapon, used in discharging arrows,
formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.

Cross"bow`er (-b?`?r), n. A
crossbowman.[Obs.]

Cross"bow`man (-man), n.
One who shoots with a crossbow. See
Arbalest.

Cross"bred` (-br?d`), a. (Stock
Breeding) Produced by mixing distinct breeds;
mongrel.

Cross"breed` (-brēd`), n.
1. A breed or an animal produced from
parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants,
combining the qualities of two parent varieties or
stocks.


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