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cross-grained
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective cross-grained has 2 senses
- cross-grained(s = adj.all) contrarious - difficult to deal with; Array
- cross-grained(s = adj.all) curly-grained, wavy-grained - of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel; Array
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cross-grained, adj.
1 (of timber) having a cross-grain.
2 perverse, intractable.
1 (of timber) having a cross-grain.
2 perverse, intractable.
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