Cross-cut. A narrow machinist’s chisel.

Cross-cut saw. A saw whose teeth are shaped to cut across the fibre or grain of wood.

Cross-face. A plate straightener’s or saw maker’s hammer, having one face at a right angle to the other.

Cross-feed. That feed of a lathe which runs across the bed.

Cross-filing. That class of filing in which the file is pushed in the line of its length.

Cross-head. That part of an engine that connects the piston rod to the connecting rod.

Cross-slide. A slide that stands across a work-table.

Crowning. Highest in the middle when tested by a straight edge.

Crown-wheel. A gear wheel having its teeth upon its side face.

Cup-chuck. A chuck having a coned or cupped mouth.