Cross"beak` (-bēk`), n. (Zo÷l.) Same as Crossbill.
Cross"beam` (-bēm`). n. 1. (Arch.) A girder.
2. (Naut.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.
Cross"-bear`er (-b?r`?r), n. (R. C. Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
Cross"bill` (-b&ibreve;l`). (Law) A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier.
&fist; In criminal practice, cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in another, may be tried together.
Cross"bill`, n. (Zo÷l.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
Cross"-birth` (-b&etilde;rth`), n. (Med.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.