cross-grained
11cross-grained — adj. 1 (of timber) having a cross grain. 2 perverse, intractable …
12cross-grained — adjective a) Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain. b) Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome …
13cross grained — adj. having grain or fibers that run diagonally or in a crisscross formation (said of lumber); (Slang) stubborn, difficult to deal with …
14cross-grained — a. Stubborn, obdurate, untractable, perverse, wayward, headstrong, refractory …
15cross-grained — adj stubborn, pigheaded, mulish, obstinate, obdurant, unyielding, unbending; perverse, contrary, opposed, resistant; refractory, recalcitrant, unmanageable, intractable, contumacious; headstrong, willful, strong willed, wayward …
16cross-grained — /ˈkrɒs greɪnd/ (say kros graynd) adjective 1. having the grain running transversely, or diagonally, or having an irregular or gnarled grain, as timber. 2. perverse; intractable. –adverb 3. across the grain; perversely …
17cross-grainedness — (ˈ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷nə̇dnə̇s noun ( es) : the quality or state of being cross grained : perversity * * * cross grainedˈness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑cross …
18cross — Synonyms and related words: Agnus Dei, Calvary cross, Cape Colored, Christogram, Eurasian, Greek cross, Holy Grail, Host, Jerusalem cross, John Hancock, Latin cross, Malacca cane, Maltese cross, Russian cross, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, T, X, abjure …
19cross tongue — noun Etymology: cross (III) : a cross grained tongue of wood used to give additional strength to a tenoned frame …
20curly-grained — adjective of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel • Syn: ↑cross grained, ↑wavy grained • Similar to: ↑uneven …
