Crossbirth

( Midwifery.) Labor impeded by the presentation of the fœtus in an unnatural position. Cro '-bite, n. A hoax; a deception; a cheat; a counter-trick. "The fox without dreaming of a cro -bite... fell him sell into the pit that he had digged for another."- L'Estrange . -v. a. To contravene by deception; to counter-cheat. "As nature slily had thought fit, For some by-ends, to cro - bite wit." - Pryor. Cro '-bow, n. ( Mil .) See ARBALEST. Cro -bow'er, Cro -bow'man, n. One who uses a cro -bow for shooting. "The French a isted with the cro - bowers of Genoa, against the English." - Raleigh.