Cross action

An action by a defendant in an action against the plaintiff in the same action, upon the same contract, or for the same tort. Cro Anchor, in S. Carolina, a township of Spartan burg co. Cro Anchor, in Tenne ee , a post-office of Greene co. Cro 'anville, in Ohio , a post-village of Perry co. Cro -armed, a. With arms acro . ( Bot .) That has opposite branches nearly perpendicular to the stem. verse, or irregular; as, cro - grained timber. -Perverse; intractable; not condescending; as, a cro grained old maid. "The spirit of contradiction, in a cro -grained woman, is incurable." - L'Estrange.