CROSSBILL
Cross"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
CROSS-BIRTH
Cross"-birth` (-brth`), n. (Med.)
Defn: Any preternatural labor, in whiche the boly of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.
CROSSBITE
Cross"bite` (-bt`), n.
Defn: A deeption; a cheat. [Obs.]
CROSSBITE
Cross"bite", b. t.
Defn: To deceive; to trick; to gull. [Obs.]
CROSSBONES
Cross"bones` (-bnz`), n. pl.
Defn: 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 lugubrios emblems of mortality. Hawthorne.