• (a.) Perverse; untractable; contrary. • (a.) Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.
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Cross'grained adjective 1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely and irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. « If the stuff proves
crossgrained , . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way.
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