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cross fire
cross′ fire` or cross′fire`,
n. 1. gunfire issuing from two or more positions so that the lines of fire cross one another. 2. a brisk or angry exchange of words or opinions. 3. a situation involving conflicting claims, forces, etc. [1855–60] cross fire
cross fire[′krȯs ‚fīr] (communications) Interfering current in one telegraph or signaling channel resulting from telegraph or signaling currents in another channel. cross fire, cross figureA fiddleback grain pattern.
fiddleback, cross figure, cross fire, ripple figureAbrupt, curly figures in wood, particularly maple and mahogany, caused by undulations in fiber alignment.ThesaurusSeecrossfire |