单词 | cross-grained |
释义 | cross-grainedadj. 1. Of wood: Having the grain or fibre arranged in crossing directions, or irregularly, instead of running straight longitudinally. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > with specific kind of grain rough-grained1597 cross-grained1675 well-grown1717 close-bodied1726 close-grained1754 upright1776 curled1778 spalted1977 1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. vii. 76 Elm..is the most cross-grain'd Timber; that is, cleaveth so unevenly..according to the cross position of the said Vessels. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 108 Stuff is Cross-grained when a..Branch shoots out on that part of the Trunck of the Tree; For the..Grain of that branch..runs across [printed a gross] the Grain of the Trunck. 1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 104 Knives for working hard or cross-grained lumber. 2. figurative. Of opposed nature or temper; given to opposition, contrarious; difficult to deal with, intractable; perverse, refractory, queer-tempered. (Said of persons and things.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse wharfedc1175 thwart-over?c1225 fromwardc1275 thwarta1325 wilgernc1325 contrariousa1340 froward1340 rebours1340 awaywarda1375 overthwartc1384 protervec1384 waywardc1384 arsewardc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 ungraitha1400 wraweda1400 awklyc1400 perversec1425 awkc1440 perversiosec1475 crooked1508 wrayward1516 awkward1530 difficilec1533 peevish1539 protervous1547 overthwarting1552 untowardly1561 difficult1589 cross1594 cama1600 frowish1601 awkwardish1613 haggardly1635 pigheadeda1637 cross-grained1647 wry1649 crossfulc1680 thwarting1718 kim-kama1734 wronghead1737 piggish1742 witherly1790 top-thrawn1808 contrary1850 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 thwarteous1890 bloody-minded1935 1647 Case Kingd. 16 So cross-grain'd to all Novelty. 1652 G. Wharton tr. J. Rothmann Κειρομαντία: Art of Divining Ded. The many Discouragements and Cross-grain'd Events I have Laboured under. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iii. 56 Was there ever such a cross-grain'd brute, that won't hear me! 1850 T. A. Trollope Impress. Wanderer xiii. 204 He would think you a pestilent, cross-grained fellow. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxiii. 184 She [sc. the boat] was the most cross-grained lop-sided craft to manage. 3. adv. Across the grain. (literal and figurative) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [adverb] > across the grain cross-grained1678 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > perversely witherc1200 contrariouslyc1380 waywardly1395 frowardlya1400 overthwartlya1425 wrawlyc1440 protervely1447 perverselya1513 thrawnlya1522 perversedlya1525 thrawartly1533 thwartly1558 backwardlya1586 unreclaimablya1616 peevishlya1680 untowardly1682 bloody-mindedly1716 wrong-headedly1737 thrawart-like1768 cross-grained1825 pigheadedly1836 cussedly1868 contrariwise1873 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 65 Working still Cross-grain'd. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. July 377 Things went cross-grained in the Court yesterday. Derivatives cross-ˈgrainedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness frowardnessa1300 waywardnessc1384 wrawnessc1386 frowardship14.. perversity?a1425 frowardheadc1470 overthwartnessc1475 adversity1489 perversednessa1500 thrawnness1499 untowardnessa1525 protervitya1527 repugnancy1557 thrawardness1567 contrariousness1571 crookedness1576 thwartness1577 pervertness1581 peevishness1582 awkness1587 crabbedness1598 untowardliness1598 crossness1600 difficileness1612 contrariness1642 perverseness1644 cross-grainedness1652 wrong-headedness1740 pigheadedness1801 cussedness1852 orneriness1880 bloody-mindedness1910 difficultness1934 1652 J. Wadsworth tr. P. de Sandoval Civil Wars Spain 273 By reason of the pervers Cross-grainedness of those of the Junta. 1673 S. Dugard Marriages Cousin Germans 65 The ill nature of the Wife, or the Cross-graindnesse of the Husband. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 236 A Fanatic, whereof the Composition was Cross-grainedness, Ambition, and Malice. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lviii. 154 She..could only lament..over..the cross-grainedness of men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1647 |
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