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Word Meanings - CROSS-PURPOSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons. (more info)

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A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons. (more info) 1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury. 2. pl.

Related words: (words related to CROSS-PURPOSE)

  • COUNTERBRACE
    To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
  • COUNTERACTIVE
    Tending to counteract.
  • CROSSLY
    Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
  • COUNTERFLEURY
    Counterflory.
  • COUNTERVIEW
    1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
  • COUNTER WEIGHT
    A counterpoise.
  • CROSS-EXAMINER
    One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
  • CROSSJACK
    The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.
  • COUNTERJUMPER
    A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously.
  • CROSSOPTERYGIAN
    Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n.
  • CROSSBRED
    Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
  • COUNTERPLEAD
    To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
  • COUNTER BRACE
    The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
  • ANOTHER-GUESS
    Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
  • COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
    See A
  • INVOLVEDNESS
    The state of being involved.
  • COUNTER
    A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. (more info) Note:
  • COUNTERGUARD
    A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
  • INTENDENT
    See N
  • LACROSSE
    A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught
  • ENCOUNTERER
    One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.

 

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