You must forgive me if I'm cross-grained to-night. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
Once was the Dominie chased by a cross-grained cow. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
But my money shall be less cross-grained than myself. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
She'd come out ahead of the cross-grained old wizzard. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The muse, cross-grained as she is, gives less trouble than. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters] Reference
They were both cross-grained, as Mrs Grantly declared; but. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Chronicle of Barset] Reference
"In sooth, I am too cross-grained," said Griffith, relenting. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
I think that the major was the most cross-grained of the two. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Chronicle of Barset] Reference
= Wood is cross-grained when its fibres are spiral or twisted. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
This fellow was not only cross-grained, but absolutely malignant. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
She said this in no cross-grained way, but because she was so amazed. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
Wood rather heavy, moderately hard, cross-grained, difficult to work. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
If thou hast no taste to relish this, thou art a cross-grained brute. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2] Reference
And after our cross-grained fashion we have all been very close here. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
Wood of medium weight and strength, usually cross-grained, difficult to split. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
The sycamore and beech have a tough, cross-grained wood which is fairly strong. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
"See, my dear, I am a cross-grained, ugly old man, am I not?" he said placidly. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
On the crest of a cross-grained stickleback, that is caught with a crooked pin. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 23, 1892] Reference
But say, you cross-grained censor of mine, how my Stheneboeas could harm the state. From Wordnik.com. [The Frogs] Reference
For holes of small depth in cross-grained wood (not suitable for end-grained wood). From Wordnik.com. [3. Types of Bore Bits] Reference
"When I call her cross-grained I mean that she is running counter to her own happiness.". From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
Ralph the squire, the humble Sancho of the poem, is a cross-grained dogmatic Independent. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
Sometimes in a piece of cross-grained wood rough places will be discovered by sandpapering. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Mild, fair-faced Miss Anne and her grim-visaged, cross-grained brother were a strangely assorted pair. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
A cross-grained trapper with murty odd oogs, awflorated ares, inquiline nase and a twithcherous mouph?. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
Her cross-grained pet greyhound was in the room, and I fully expected a barking and snapping reception. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
Ruth looked across the table at her cross-grained old relative and made no direct reply to his question. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
Long nails (4.2/100) may be used for fixing the leg of the square to the cross-grained wood of the runner. From Wordnik.com. [8. Constructional Recommendations] Reference
But Gunnar and Njal, and many others thought ill of that, for he was a cross-grained man and had few friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
In planing a very cross-grained piece of wood, there are several methods to use for securing a smooth surface. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
"I'm getting dreadfully cross-grained, I suppose," she said sadly, as she sat down again to write to Mrs. Spicer. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
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