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Cross"piece` (kr?s"p?s`; 115), n.
1. A piece of any structure which is fitted
or framed crosswise.

2. (Naut.) A bar or timber
connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

Cross"-pur`pose (-p?r`p?s), n.
1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence,
that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
Shaftesbury.

2. pl. A conversational game, in
which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous
combinations of ideas. Pepys.

To be at cross-purposes, to
misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending
it; -- said of persons.

Cross"-ques`tion (-kw?s`ch?n), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Cross-
questioned (-ch?nd), p. pr. & vb. n.
Cross-questioning.] To cross-examine; to subject to
close questioning.

Cross"-read`ing (r?d`?ng), n.
The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the
page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous
combination of ideas.


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