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51. cro -file (krôs'fil), n. A file with two convex cutting faces of different curvatures, used in dre ing the arms or cro es of small wheels. cro -fire (kros'fir), n. Milit., lines of fire from two or more parts of a work which cro one another: often used figuratively: as, to undergo a cro - fire of questions. His picture would hang in cramped back-parlors, between deadly cro - fires of lights, sure of the garret or the auction-room ere long. Lowell , Fireside Travels, p. 52. cro -fish (krôs'fish), s'fish), n. A starfish of the genus Aster acanthi on or Uraster , as 4. or U.ru IMG:content-1679.png:[blocks in formation] Cro -fox, a variety of the common fox (Vulpes fulvus). dark dorsal area decu ating with a dark area acro the shoulders. The pelt is more beautiful than that of the common fox. It represents a step or stage in a series of color-changes to which the foxes both of Europe and of America are subject, ending in the silver-black condition. See silver-fox. cro -frog (krôs'frog), n. See frog . cro -furrow (krôs fur"ō), n. row or trench cut acro other furrows, to intercept the water which runs along them, in order to convey it off the field. cro -garnet (krôs'gärnet), n. A hinge shaped like the letter T. The longer part is fastened to the In agri ., a fur IMG:content-1680.png:[blocks in formation] in the cro -head itself. Cro -head. On the tops of these columns stands a heavy casting, from which are suspended two side-screws, carrying the top cro head, to which one end of the specimen to be examined may be attached. Science, III. 314. Cro -head guides, in a steam-engine, parallel bars between which the cro -head moves in a right line with the cylinder. Sometimes called motion - bars . cro -hilt (krôsʼhilt), n. The hilt of a sword when made with a simple cro -guard or pair of quillons, and with no other defense for the hand. In such a case the blade and barrel and the cro guard or quillons make a complete Latin cro . This was the usual form of swords in Europe in the middle ages. See cut under claymore . cro ing (krôs'ing), n . [Verbal n. of cro 1 , v.] 1. The act of pa ing acro something: as, the cro ing of the Atlantic. - 2. Intersection: as, the cro ing of bars in latticework.-3. The place at which a road, ravine, mountain, river, etc., is or may be cro ed or pa ed over: as, the cro ings of streets. Jo sweeps his cro ing all day long. IMG:content-1681.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1682.png:[graphic] Dickens , Bleak House, xvi. 4. In railroads, the nece ary arrangement of rails to form a communication from one trackway to the other.-5. The act of opposing or thwarting; contradiction. Cousin, of many men I do not bear these cro ings . Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 1. 6. The act of making the sign of the cro : as, with many protestations and cro ings .-7. The act or proce of cro -breeding or cro fertilizing; hybridization. - Grade cro ing, a place at which a common road cro es a railroad on the same level: usually required by statute to be protected by a flagman or a signal, or by gates in charge of a keeper. Also called a level cro ing. leaf or door, the shorter to the frame, the joint being at the meeting of the two. Called in Scotland cro - tailed hinge . cro -gartered (krôs'gär" tėrd), a. Wearing lower yard on the mizzenmast. IMG:content-1683.jpg:[blocks in formation] cro -grained (krôs'grānd), a . 1. Having an irregular gnarled grain or fiber, as timber. If the stuff proves cro - grained in any part of its length, then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way, so far as it runs cro -grained. Moxon . Hence-2. Perverse; untractable; crabbed; refractory.