| 单词 | cross-grained |
| 例句 | In the end, you have little cross-grained pallets, which you sandwich together with jam. Dorie Greenspan’s ‘Baking Chez Moi,’ reviewed: It’s no mere puff project Here, everybody has a “cross-grained stubbornness and iconoclast’s temper.” A novelist's homage to the dumb humans of Yellowstone Park 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z He wrote, “You possess all the attributes of a demagogue: a screeching, horrible voice; a perverse, cross-grained nature; and the language of the market-place.” Perspective | Yes, Trump is undignified. Demagogues have to be. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The geologic mystery of the canyon is how the south-trending Colorado River made a sudden turn westward to carve its way, cross-grained, through four plateaus. Grand Canyon National Park turns 100: How a place once called "valueless" became grand 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Perverse, obstinate, contrary, cross-grained, intractable, not amenable, in a dour sullen mood. A layman's glossary for understanding Scottish referendum debate 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z His father, Lord Saxby, had a romantic passion for the daughter of a country parson—a queer, cross-grained old scholar. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z He was brave and courageous to rashness, but cross-grained, and incorrigibly obstinate. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z Of all the ill-mannered, cross-grained fellows I ever met, there goes the worst! Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z He is a wretched, cross-grained, fidgety man and full of crotchets. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Even the praise of this jailor's wife, a coarse, cross-grained woman, sounded reproachfully in his ears. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Ten years ago had the reputation of being a bad man, and has the same suspicion still hanging about him; is ill-natured, cross-grained, and always striking and quarrelling with his fellow-Indians. Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians 2012-03-11T03:00:11.673Z Abbesses are cross-grained, churlish hags, she seemed to say,--disappointed because youth has fled. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The Church has grown broad, throwing open each door, Which, the bigot except, each one enters, And we now, in the place of the Parsons of yore, Behold cross-grained and jealous Dissenters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z The best piece of meat for this dish is the lean part of the flank, which, being cross-grained, allows the Curry to thoroughly assimilate with every particle of the meat. Tempting Curry Dishes 2012-01-03T03:00:10.097Z It was not long before somebody came to tell Belinchon of the mayor's cross-grained conduct about the music. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z He knew that in her were no dim angles of cross-grained purpose, no shadowy intersections of the lines of good and evil. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The laudator acti, the cross-grained Nestor who praises the past at the expense of the present, the enthusiast for "the good old times," is a figure that has always been familiar. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z From time to time there would be an importation of cross-grained malcontents, who usually succeeded in stirring up some parochial strife. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z They are often unpleasant, conceited, or cross-grained men, but almost always prodigies to a certain extent. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The cross-grained coarse wood is left to rot and feed forest fires. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The wood is very tough, cross-grained, not durable in contact with the soil, hard to work, and warps easily. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z And Nat be main cross-grained; for, with all his care, a do look to be took up every blessed day; and that don't much mend a mon's humour.' The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z You will then temper and season them by laying them smoothly on the ground atop of one another, for some days or even weeks, every alternate one cross-grained, and weighted with stones or logs. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z Am I one to tiptoe around through life, hiding because a cross-grained old man who happens to be my father will oppose at first something he will in the end be glad of?’ The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z All these trees are picturesque, with twiggy, contorted branches; tough, cross-grained wood; alternate, simple, leathery, but deciduous leaves, beautiful at all seasons; minute flowers and fleshy, berry-like fruits. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z “Olive, darling, I can’t help thinking sometimes you must be dull here, shut up all the year round with such a cross-grained animal as this,” he says, after a minute’s pause. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z From all this we might imagine Chaucer a cross-grained misogynist, but a glance for one moment at the other side of the picture corrects this impression. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Once on a time there was a man who had a goody who was so cross-grained that there was no living with her. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z He had abilities, but strange and cross-grained ones, of no use in an examination for instance. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z "I say," he began, in a cross-grained tone, "what was La Balue telling you just now that appeared to be so interesting?" Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z The stuff is cross-grained and knotty, and a good deal of it mity rotten. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z "I suppose I shall, if the match ever comes off," returned Chattaway, in a very cross-grained manner. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Have a care, sir; he's a rough cross-grained piece, and there's no tampering with him. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z She must gain influence over the cross-grained warped little piece of human nature beside her; hitherto there had been small sympathy between the sisters. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Be that as it may, and in spite of blots for which the writer's cross-grained temper is alone responsible, the letters are most deeply interesting. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z After all, you know, I don't see why we should go to any expense over a stuck-up, cross-grained chap like Porpentine. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:11.953Z No benevolent society has directed its philanthropy in this channel; and not even a cross-grained uncle or a penurious aunt can be had for love or money. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z Zdena has shown very little interest in the discussion as to how the cross-grained, eccentric old man would receive the news. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Straight-grained wood is much easier to split than cross-grained wood in which the fibers are interlaced, and soft wood, provided it is elastic, splits easier than hard. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Throughout the female establishment the bloated and cross-grained eunuch presides; and his unsparing rod admonishes his giggling charges that they are not there to gaze at the passing stranger. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Thought the cross-grained, three-cornered devil would eat me. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Too many cooks spoil the broth; and they also resembled a balky team of cross-grained mules pulling, kicking and flinging against one another! Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z "It is easy laughing, but I don't like your accepting a favour from that cross-grained little man." The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Whenever the grain of the wood in a board is, in whole or in part, oblique to the sides of the board, it is called "cross-grained." Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z He was so cross-grained by nature, so thorough a traitor, that through the session of Congress and through the war he lost no opportunity to manifest his hatred of the soldiers. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z I knew him as a grumbling, cross-grained fellow, nothing more. The Undying Past At last he was impeached and tried for his cross-grained, contrary measures, but escaped conviction by the smallest majority. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z He is a queer little creature, but for all his cross-grained temper his heart is in the right place. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Such wood is peculiarly cross-grained, and is of course hard to plane smooth. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z But the young Scot felt acutely how perversely, and like a cross-grained jade, Fate had treated him. The Firebrand "When I call her cross-grained I mean that she is running counter to her own happiness." Ayala's Angel Because she was so cross-grained—because she hated him. Little Miss Joy About this he consulted with a relation, a cross-grained bachelor, generally known as "Uncle Klaus." Mary What are we to say of these cross-grained or fretful, or worldly-minded, or covetous, or pleasure-loving professors of religion? The Spirit-Filled Life Things, after their manner, had turned out cross-grained—that was all. The Firebrand An idiot she certainly is not; and as to being cross-grained I have never found it. Ayala's Angel No. It was a cross-grained, ill-tempered, ill-conditioned old scratch, that looked like nothing under heaven save the husk of a hedgehog. Jack Hinton The Guardsman "And now, my Lord," chimed in Jack, "you know the whole neighborhood, if we don't throw in a cross-grained old fellow, a half-pay lieutenant of the Buffs." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The beds were wonders of softness and warmth, from which no unwelcome reveille or cross-grained Orderly-Sergeant aroused them with profane threats of extra duty. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys Miss Betsey bent over the child so caressingly that she looked more like a funny old angel in her strange, long cape and her ridiculous hat than a selfish, cross-grained old maid. Madge Morton's Trust "If Bob Mason give sich orders it'll be worth your while to stop a spell; for he's as cross-grained as a broncho when matters don't go to his likin', an' might make trouble for you." Dick in the Desert A crab-tree planted in a lime-kiln, cranky and cross-grained; but he is a legacy, almost the only one my father left me. Jack Hinton The Guardsman He had its ruinous walls repaired as well as circumstances would admit, and then shut himself up within them along with a cross-grained house-steward and a slender establishment of servants. Weird Tales. Vol. I We were of cross-grained stuff, if I may say so, dour and tough and ill to match with common deal, and our roots were sunk in the restless, estranging sea. Aliens One by one, they fell to the ground and at last they lay in a great heap over the old, cross-grained root. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories We say that wood is cross-grained, meaning that the grains or fibers of the wood run crosswise. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements She may have loved Pip in her way, but that way was a very cross-grained one. Tales from Dickens "Shake hands, you cross-grained old thing, and don't begin to quarrel the moment we meet." A Noble Woman Though Mr. Greenwood is cross-grained and impertinent, he would hardly have kept us in the dark. Marion Fay Ye are like a cross-grained tyke which snarls at its master’s best friend through faithfulness to him. Graham of Claverhouse Jules had been quite cross-grained since the twenty-fifth of January, when he had met the gnome, and they had learned to pay but little attention to his fault-finding and complaining. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated Confusion, vexation and every cross-grained word in the language! Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 "I never saw him before, but I know he's a mighty cross-grained old chap." Rodney The Partisan Univ. “husbands”; a = always coming home for his tea; b = always giving his wife new dresses; c = cross-grained; d = good; e = hanging up his hat on the gas-jet; h = kept in proper order; k = methodical. Symbolic Logic The young fellow watched everything going on in the cab in a shrewd, interested fashion, but he neither got in the way of the cross-grained Fogg, nor pestered Ralph with questions. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer On her father's side she was well-born; but her mother was a cross-grained lady, extremely ambitious and proud of nothing at all, and Lady Leucha took after her mother. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief I am a cross-grained body, and contradiction makes me worse. Not Like Other Girls He was an ill conditioned cross-grained, surly fellow, who consorted with nobody but himself and an old wicker-bottle which fitted into his large, deep waistcoat pocket. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Ay, dear heart, a gnarled root of cross-grained elm, fit for a Yule log. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers It was hard for Fogg to come out from his grumpiness and cross-grained malice quickly. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer For nothing can be further from scientific fact than that cross-grained and ill-tempered puritanism identifying pleasure with something akin to sinfulness. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life His mother was a curious, cross-grained old woman, not yet a Christian. India and the Indians They found the Castle in charge of a cross-grained, superannuated sergeant and his wife; of whom the one was partially deaf and the other totally. Merry-Garden and Other Stories I should consider it a misfortune to have such a cross-grained, selfish son as Sinclair. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains No more quick things over the grass after a cross-grained bullock? Captain Jim But there was always something of more importance; so that the cross-grained old tree might have remained until this day, had not Hardy and Tom pitched on him as a foeman worthy of their axes. Tom Brown at Oxford Good heavens, I reflected, are we mortals so cross-grained that we can thoroughly enjoy things only by contrast, and that a sort of mild starvation is needed to whet our æsthetic appetite? Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life "Suppose, now, he had turned out to be some cross-grained martinet… the type is not unknown in the regular forces." Merry-Garden and Other Stories That's my late wife's grandmother," explained the widower; "she is a cross-grained old catamaran, and the reason she eyed you so unpleasantly is that she knows I have brought you here to take her place. Cornwall's Wonderland The cross-grained Parliament thus disposed of, everything was quickly made to “look lovely.” The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Fancy that cross-grained old Simon having a pretty daughter. Tom Brown at Oxford When a little girl she had been almost afraid of her cross-grained relative—the only relative she had in the world. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers A coarse-grained powder, used by cross-grained people, playing at cross-grained purposes.—Marryatt. Pearls of Thought "So get home to your own house, you ill-wishing cross-grained old witch!" Cornwall's Wonderland The terms "fine-grained," "coarse-grained," "straight-grained," and "cross-grained" are frequently applied in the trade. Seasoning of Wood I can fancy that such a mind, having been torn, wronged, and bothered, has become very cross-grained. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Ruth looked across the table at her cross-grained old relative and made no direct reply to his question. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers But he was cross-grained, litigious, moody, and tyrannical. The Vicar of Bullhampton Then there were a few of that perpetually cross-grained class who will never agree with anybody else if they can help it. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Light to medium weight, soft, stiff, but brittle, commonly cross-grained, rough and splintery. Seasoning of Wood And found subjects in you not too cross-grained for her kindness to be palatable! Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He, troublesome old cross-grained churl that he was, would soon be out of the way. The Bertrams As Cotton's Juno— "That cross-grained, peevish, scolding queen." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It has already been said that he was parsimonious, cross-grained, and cruel-hearted, and he had been in specially ill-temper since the return of his boy without the horse upon which so much value was set. Camp-fire and Wigwam Wood heavy, hard, strong, elastic, very tough, moderately durable in contact with the soil, commonly cross-grained, difficult to split and shape, warps and checks considerably in drying, but stands well if properly seasoned. Seasoning of Wood As you so justly observed, she inherits my obstinate and cross-grained disposition.” Patty's Friends "It's a cross-grained sort of fortune that seems to control us in this world, Mollie," he said, at length. Vagabondia 1884 He is such a cross-grained, contradictory old fellow, I hardly know what to make of him. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 "Oh yes sir" replied Mrs. Norton, who had no great devotion for that cross-grained Mr. Palsey as she called him "you can trust me fully." Daisy Ashford: Her Book The wood is heavy, hard, strong, tough, elastic, commonly cross-grained, moderately durable in contact with the soil, splits easily when green, works fairly well, and stands well if properly handled. Seasoning of Wood “But, alas!” said Patty, in mock despair, “I’ll soon be supplanted here, by that ‘obstinate, cross-grained’ Lady Kitty.” Patty's Friends Surely there was some cross-grained fate at work. Vagabondia 1884 They used to do the thing here as it should be done, and nobody wasn't extortionate, nor yet cross-grained. Ralph the Heir You are a cross-grained youth, and you know more than the law allows for a boy of your years. All Adrift or The Goldwing Club Stupid, solemn, cross-grained old critic as he is!" thought Matty; "I knew that he and I would never agree together. The Crown of Success "Let's play keep house," answered she, for the sake of being cross-grained. Dotty Dimple At Home "I'm a cross-grained old bachelor," he said, "and I reckon no gal would look at me twice." Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune The cross-grained scarecrow might likely enough have left us to our fate again, if we had said any thing that did not exactly chime in with his queer humour. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 He had been cross-grained, he knew, but nevertheless he would gladly have got the Squire at that moment in his hands and thrashed him without mercy. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century I'm fond of children even if I am a grumpy cross-grained old bachelor. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 “Why, you don’t suppose I mean anything, do you?” retorted the cross-grained Tony. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story I had brought down with me from Sydney a white carpenter—one of the most obstinate, cross-grained old fellows that ever trod a deck, but an excellent workman if humoured a little. John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901 Sir Sampson Legend is your unmistakable heavy father, cross-grained and bullying. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] This is a cross-grained, crooked sort of world. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century She laughed again at the delightful incongruity between the name of Nofri—which was not separable from the idea of the cross-grained stepfather—and the idea of her husband. Romola Sometimes a cross-grained passenger who had been a very good boy in his youth would tell. A Little Girl in Old New York If he continued his potations up to a certain point, he would pass from the crooked, cross-grained phase to that of the jolly, stupid, noisy debauchee. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise Messer Lizio hearing all this from his wife, said, for that he was an old man and maybe therefore somewhat cross-grained, 'What nightingale is this to whose song she would sleep? The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Though he is somewhat cross-grained in his manner, he is all right at bottom, or the ship would not be in the good order she is, or the men so well contented. Won from the Waves His object was to sound our surly friend David Maxwell about joining him in his intended trip to the antipodes, for Maxwell was a first-rate diver, though a somewhat cross-grained man. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters He was not a growly-wowly, cross-grained man, like some fathers we know of—not he. The Thorogood Family He handed Willie a piece of cross-grained wood and a blunt knife. Fighting the Flames “He was a cross-grained fellow,” returned the mate, “specially when in liquor, but I never heard no worse of ’im than that.” The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea If ever there was a peevish, cross-grained, crabbed, unreasonable old sinner in this world, that sinner was Duncan McKay, senior. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Then, naturally, there would be a snigger all round, when Mr Flinders had to turn away with a scowl on his unpleasant, cross-grained face. The Island Treasure The Government is not what it appears to be to cross-grained critics seeking for a Rotation of suitable scapegoats. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 This fellow was not only cross-grained, but absolutely malignant. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Deb came out to speak to me; she is an obstinate, incorrigible, cross-grained old woman, and I told her so. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient I am by nature cross-grained and crabbed, I presume. Paul Patoff But she was also cross-grained, and that evil quality is unluckily apt to injure other people; and did so very materially in the present instance. Aunt Deborah But it has always been the same from the time you cut your teeth until now—no filial piety, no consideration for your mother and me; only a cross-grained selfishness and bad temper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 The self-possession and good humor with which I replied, seemed somewhat to mollify the cross-grained savages, and we soon approached a habitation, where I was ordered to sit down until the whole party assembled. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Mary’s was to cater to the caprices of a cross-grained, peevish woman. Mary Wollstonecraft But, as he said, "If the civil house in the Gallowgate used him thus, what was to be expected from the cross-grained old crab-stock in the Salt Market?" Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North At heart Old Rocks was tender as a child, but he had a way of spluttering and growling that made him seem grouty and cross-grained. Frank Merriwell's Bravery "In sooth, I am too cross-grained," said Griffith, relenting. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 All the mess were cross-grained, silent, or irritable, raw-edged for the first time, for a better lot of fellows one could not ask to ship with. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier This is necessary for securing sufficient strength of material in the cross-grained pieces, which would be liable to split if made too long and narrow. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship Once was the Dominie chased by a cross-grained cow. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North At the best of times, he was a cross-grained, domineering bully, and on the trail, which would have worn to a wire edge the temper of an angel, his yellow streak became an eyesore. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance “From all which,” retorted Watty, “you bring forward strong proof that your present growling at bad luck is most unphilosophic, you cross-grained philosopher.” Philosopher Jack Did you never notice, Ralph, how obstinately contrary and cross-grained things go when you want them to go otherwise?” The Gorilla Hunters But it was her nature to be cross-grained. Erling the Bold The man referred to was a long, lank, lantern-jawed fellow with a cross-grained expression of countenance. The Dog Crusoe and his Master The old man seems a decent sort of chap, though somewhat cross-grained.” Charlie to the Rescue Even the cross-grained Tarquin became subdued in spirit by the influence of the calm endurance and good-humour of his comrades. The Red Eric “Come now, Peterkin, don’t become, yourself, an illustration of your own remark in reference to cross-grained things.” The Gorilla Hunters Well, Ada, I know not what it is that ails me, but I do feel somewhat cross-grained. Erling the Bold Having to pass the residence of Jan Smit on the way, Considine seized the opportunity to visit his former cross-grained companion and pay his debt. The Settler and the Savage "The little girl at the corner sent you these," he said; and Winifred smiled as if it were the most natural thing in the world for that cross-grained egotist to do a thing like that. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes I would rather die than go and live at Oak Villa, with that cross-grained old aunt and stupid cousin.' Aunt Mary How much cross-grained wood a little gypsum covers! a little carmine quite beautifies! Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Some men almost work their hands off and deny themselves many of the common comforts of life in their earnest efforts to succeed, and yet render success impossible by their cross-grained ungentlemanliness. Pushing to the Front Bob Bangs of our school was a big, ill-conditioned, lazy, selfish, cross-grained sort of fellow. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Farrell is just the sort of cross-grained old fellow to take all sorts of ideas into his head if he heard you. The Fortunes of the Farrells Has that cross-grained little shrimp, Spokeshave, hang him! been bullying you again, like he did the other day?” The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea In planing a very cross-grained piece of wood, there are several methods to use for securing a smooth surface. Handwork in Wood Without mother-love how would the cross-grained, perverse little tyrant ever survive the buffets which the world is sure to give? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians His talk was always cross-grained, but its volume betrayed a quite unwonted geniality to-night. The Mayor of Troy After such a training it was only natural that he should be transformed from a nervous hysterical child into an embittered, cross-grained man, profligate and superstitious at the same time. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study But my money shall be less cross-grained than myself. Can You Forgive Her? This is particularly necessary in working cross-grained wood, and is a good illustration of the advantage of the sliding cut. Handwork in Wood They were rough and gnarled and cross-grained, like the sloop whose deck they trod; yet, in spite of all, like that same sloop, they had some good qualities. Frank Merriwell's Reward Some cross-grained streak in my nature made me both cantankerous and suspicious, and while the mood was on me I would have contradicted or queried the word of an archangel. The Lost Valley "He's a cross-grained thing," she said; "I don't see what got into her to marry him when she could have had David." The Emigrant Trail Bras Granger was all of sixty-five years old, dried and toughened by toil, exposure, and vindictive broodings, until he resembled a cross-grained bit of time-hardened oak. Ralph Granger's Fortunes Sometimes in a piece of cross-grained wood rough places will be discovered by sandpapering. Handwork in Wood But she gets that cantankerous and cross-grained in her old age that you never know what will suit her for two minutes at a time. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 So in spite of still feeling irritated and sore against cross-grained Biddy, her mother crushed down her own vexation and met the child's better mind more than half-way. The Rectory Children Apart from the self-chosen confinement, the life had been hard enough; the work was hard, the service hard and ill-paid, and both the other inmates of the house cross-grained, and difficult to please. The Good Comrade In addition to the liquid fillers already mentioned, there is a putty or powder filling used for cross-grained woods, or such woods as have a deep pore. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction Scrapers are particularly useful in smoothing cross-grained pieces of wood, and in cleaning off glue, old varnish, etc. Handwork in Wood But he is evidently a man of considerable information and talent, and to all appearance, strange as it may sound, of much sincerity and cross-grained honesty. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. Without her, the one might have remained a "petit mâitre priestling;" the other merely a soured, cross-grained, impecunious country squire: Rome would have had no tragedy to talk about, nor we this book to read. An Introduction to the Study of Browning I had the luck to get a cross-grained, cranky one, as you know. The Black Pearl Mr. Piddie, I am a fat, cross-grained old man, about as attractive personally as a hippopotamus. On With Torchy It is also useful in preparing the surface of a very cross-grained piece of wood which cannot be planed without chipping. Handwork in Wood His shoulders get so humped up, and his whole figure is stiff with cross-grained obstinacy. A Great Emergency and Other Tales If the Monks were celebrated for one estimable quality more than another, it was temper: a cross-grained, imperious, obstinate temper. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 If the right hand piece be the cross-grained one, when the air is very moist, it lengthens, and forces its companion to form a kind of interior annulus of a circle on the left. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Viewed from the standpoint of the populace, he was a selfish, cross-grained old obstructionist. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul You can easily see that people were willing to stay away from a cross-grained person like that. Jewel's Story Book "See, my dear, I am a cross-grained, ugly old man, am I not?" he said placidly. The Splendid Folly Hiero Glyphic, however wayward and cross-grained, never had cause to censure this creature of his,—to remind him that he might have been food for crocodiles. Idolatry A Romance The best grades of figured red gum resemble Circassian walnut, but the latter has much larger pores unevenly distributed and is less cross-grained than red gum. Studies of Trees I was unhappy,—in a mood that savoured of misanthropy; my fate was growing cross-grained, enigmatical. Uncle Max Mr. Allardyce spoke of the judge with the most bitter obloquy; he was a cross-grained, dried-up old mummy, said the squire, without a drop of good red blood in his veins. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Ever since his childhood Martin had shown himself of a worthless and cross-grained nature. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel No," she said, "I don't think I am cross-grained. The Rebel of the School The sycamore and beech have a tough, cross-grained wood which is fairly strong. Studies of Trees Nay, never fret, my bonnie woman, for I loved you when you were as tiresome and cross-grained as possible. Uncle Max His countrymen had done him honour, but they had no real appreciation for learning, and some of them were boorish and cross-grained. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London I saw how cross-grained you were going to be over it, and that's why I said it to you. Verner's Pride "It must be very unpleasant to feel sort of peppery-and-salty and cross-grained all the time." The Rebel of the School Wood of medium weight and strength, usually cross-grained, difficult to split. Studies of Trees She sits in the verandah and laughs over my quarrels with Patrick: he is quite as cross-grained as ever, dear old fellow, but there is nothing that he will not do for me. Uncle Max Billy, though feeling himself quite a man, yielded to his mother's wishes and attended the school, which was presided over by a cross-grained Dominie that used the birch with right good earnest and seeming delight. Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood Pinto was a "bravo" and a killer, a solitary, cross-grained, crusty-tempered old outlaw of the range. Bears I Have Met—and Others But," urged Swankie, "he's a smuggler, and a cross-grained hound besides. The Lighthouse Wood rather heavy, moderately hard, cross-grained, difficult to work. Studies of Trees He knew that he was cross-grained and could not make his observations calmly; his conscience harassed him and insisted on vexatious argument. The Cathedral In acting or recitations, could you be glad to take a minor part to help on the whole, or would you be huffy and cross-grained because your powers were not brought to the front? Stray Thoughts for Girls I am a cross-grained devil and I make your life a hell to you, don't I? Nightfall It's a sulky, cross-grained brute, and would give us no end of trouble. The Sorcery Club A cross-grained, ill-natured, fault-finding, petulant, selfish wife, who will prove a "thorn in his side," during all his days, rather than a loving and valuable companion. Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness He rides a venerable hunter called Pepper, which is a counterpart of himself, a heady, cross-grained animal, that frets the flesh off its bones; bites, kicks, and plays all manner of villanous tricks. Bracebridge Hall You're a young scamp—and I suppose I'm a cross-grained devil! Max Her cross-grained uncle has never written me a word since he left England. The English Orphans It is of such material that Thebaid Eremites, Sect-founders, and all manner of cross-grained fanatical monstrosities have fashioned themselves, —in very high, and in the highest regions, for that matter. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. Detweiler departed, grinning, and "Boots" returned, grumbling, to his charges and was so cross-grained for the rest of the practice that the team wondered. Left Tackle Thayer He rides a venerable hunter called Pepper, which is a counterpart of himself, a heady cross-grained animal, that frets the flesh off its bones; bites, kicks, and plays all manner of villainous tricks. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists The genuine collie is an ideal pet, but the cross-grained fleecy brutes bred for the show-bench are good neither for one thing nor another. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Martin," said Barney, as he lay smoking his pipe, "'tis a pity that there's no pleasure in this world without something cross-grained into it. Martin Rattler A cross-grained fellow abused a certain person; he bore it patiently, and said, O well-disposed man! The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 You see, she had gone on in the old, sour, cross-grained way so long, she felt most at home in it. Thankful Rest There is not a more cross-grained man alive; his relations are in the right of it, he is sly, revengeful, and contrairy. Poor Relations Samuel Wilberforce went into the choicest society that Britain could show; he was the confidant of many people, and he contrived to charm all but a few cross-grained critics. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Well, after that I will ask him to let you see the priest, saying, if he is cross-grained, that a talk with him will make your mind even better fitted to obey. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln The cross-grained woman, who still held her ground, assented. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Very cross-grained was the Earl, and it was no easy matter to come to speech with him. The Story of Grettir the Strong You cannot think how cross-grained and intemperate you have grown since you became a saint—but that is your affair, not mine. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 The child had drunk so ravenously, and had seized so eagerly this breast offered by a cross-grained providence, that she was taken with a fit of coughing. The Man Who Laughs Hu and Billy were my two best friends; and I don't think either one of them ever had a cross-grained day in his life. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book Stini, the elder, is very ugly and cross-grained, but a good worker and very thrifty. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes It's because if I let myself get cross-grained and ugly now, p'r'aps someone else—some day—will be cross-grained and ugly too. The Knave of Diamonds Our readers may perhaps, therefore, concede that, among the many claimants for their sympathy in this cross-grained world of ours, some few grains of it may properly be due to Grace. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel Since the tensile strength of wood across the grain is only a small fraction of that with the grain it is easy to see why a cross-grained timber would fail in this manner. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Allyn has been my baby and my boy; but, much as I love him, I can't help seeing that he is cantankerous and cross-grained at times. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book Her daughter, Madame de Grignan, the prettiest girl in France, clever, virtuous, business-like, appears in her mother's letters fitful, cross-grained, and sometimes rather cold. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 Army officers on the frontier—especially when put in charge of Indian reservations or of French or Spanish communities—have almost always been more or less at swords-points with the stubborn, cross-grained pioneers. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 A most devout, hard-working and poorly paid man, was the object of constant persecution by a cross-grained, ugly, infidel neighbor. The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer Perhaps that is what makes Mrs. Crump so cross-grained. Polly and the Princess I never met with such a cross-grained old savage.' Nicholas Nickleby The King then carefully examined the ship himself: "the planks, the tree-nails, the workmanship, and the cross-grained timber." Men of Invention and Industry Then Thorkel went on and said, "Who is that big and ugly fellow, before whom four men go, pale-faced and sharp featured, and unlucky-looking, and cross-grained?" The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor As he opened the door the cross-grained greyhound poked out her sharp muzzle from under the sofa, and barked and snapped at him. The Woman in White Johnny's a trifle stale," said Mr. Bunn, as they went away; "but he's a good mixer and never gets cross-grained. The Emerald City of Oz Was there ever such a cross-grained brute, that won't hear me? She Stoops to Conquer He was a cross-grained man, oppressed by a large family, and he resented the superciliousness which he fancied he saw in Philip. Of Human Bondage He seated himself and fastened his attention upon the paper,—but off it slipped again to the old book-shop, and to that curious, cross-grained figure, its mistress. The Market-Place The little beast, cowardly and cross-grained, as pet-dogs usually are, looked up at him sharply, shrank away from his outstretched hand, whined, shivered, and hid itself under a sofa. The Woman in White On the road that he traveled there lived a widow woman, who had the reputation of being as ugly, cross-grained a critter as ever lived. Paul Prescott's Charge Pray, gentlemen, is not this same Hardcastle a cross-grained, old-fashioned, whimsical fellow, with an ugly face, a daughter, and a pretty son? She Stoops to Conquer The tough, cross-grained fibre of him seemed proof against alcohol. The Octopus : A story of California How could one of his cross-grained, unfortunate, almost accursed stock, have contrived to reach this pitch of niceness? Jude the Obscure Her cross-grained pet greyhound was in the room, and I fully expected a barking and snapping reception. The Woman in White Alternately courteous and cross-grained, all his dramatic power went into his creations; he could not put himself into the place of those near him. Thomas Carlyle "Yes," she observed, "your servant-girls must, I fancy, have been too lazy to budge, grumpy and in a cross-grained mood; this is probable enough." Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books "He is a queer, cross-grained fellow, but in many ways sterling." The Octopus : A story of California Affairs had been going on in a cross-grained sort of manner all day. The Channings Once and again, I have found that the most cross-grained are by no means the worst of mankind; nor the humblest in station, the least polished in feeling. Villette Things were out of joint; he felt cross-grained and ugly. The Gray Dawn We're both of us old and cross-grained enough to keep up the grudge for the rest of our lives. Lord Kilgobbin It was an old dame that owned the hut, and a cross-grained scolding hag she was as ever you saw. Popular Tales from the Norse The fact was, the porter had brought ill will upon himself, through his cross-grained temper. The Channings In one they are pleasant, affable, kind, and charitable; in the other, cross-grained, hard, unkind, and unjust. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays She wondered dully how Mrs. Sherwood could bring herself to be so good to so cross-grained a creature as herself. The Gray Dawn And while she was watching Denise, the cross-grained old nun who acted as concierge to this quiet house came into the room, and handed Denise a long blue envelope. The Isle of Unrest Besides, you possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, cross-grained nature and the language of the market-place. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 I can't believe any one was ever born with such a cross-grained temper. The Channings "What a cross-grained being you are!" exclaimed Hans, indignantly. Tales of Two Countries This was a cross-grained curmudgeon of a negro, named Pluto, who was a kind of enigma in Communipaw. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies But say, you cross-grained censor of mine, how my Stheneboeas could harm the state. The Frogs Yet just now I heard some old cross-grained pleaders on the market-place who hold not this opinion discoursing together. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 And, just because it happened, by some cross-grained luck, that Channing was, Butterby pitches upon him, and accuses him of the theft. The Channings How else is one to account for his imagining for a moment that clodhopper, clutch, copious, cosy, cross-grained, greenhorn, and rigmarole are obsolete in England? America To-day, Observations and Reflections She giggled at a dinner-service decoration with Wagner's cross-grained face, or at a hair dresser's shop-window in which there was the wax head of a man. Jean-Christophe, Volume I The other was younger, was dressed in corduroy and had lean, yellow, cross-grained features. The Eight Strokes of the Clock Although cross-grained, Mr. Ede was not always an unpleasant man, and often in sudden flashes of affection the kind heart of his mother was recognizable in him. A Mummer's Wife However, like too many other cross-grained spirits, he persisted in venting blame upon him. The Channings Sam opened the door and the cross-grained professor entered. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range Peron himself experienced the cross-grained temper of the commander during the visit of the ships to Sharks Bay. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia She simply chose to have some one sitting with her to whom she could speak and make little cross-grained, sarcastic, and ill-natured remarks. The Eustace Diamonds That Bligh was somewhat deficient in tact and sympathy in handling men, cross-grained, harsh, and obstinate, is probably true. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders An irritable, cross-grained, and quarrelsome bear is always thin. The Grizzly King They are cross-grained and stubborn, and claim to be the mistresses of the house, especially with priests younger than themselves. The Grip of Desire On the other hand, to be surprised and astonished at the way people act, and to be clumsy and cross-grained in having to do with them, indicates a character of the nobler sort. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims I have long suspected Sextus, who was a cross-grained, obstinate, quick-witted, proud young man—a lot too critical. Caesar Dies Thy egg is by no means addle; but the chick is breaking the shell in somewhat a cross-grained fashion. Yeast: a Problem He tolerated a little cub as a cross-grained old woman-hater might have tolerated a pink baby; but he wasn't as cruel as Punch, for he had never killed a cub. The Grizzly King Peradventure from some whispering, going on about the house, not intended for his hearing, he picks up enough to make him understand, that things went cross-grained in the Court yesterday, and his friend is ruined. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Old Stolliver was a boorish, cross-grained customer, who paid slight regard to the amenities, and did not show to advantage in conversation. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales Between the cross-grained slices of tough wood of which the craft was built were plates of steel, thus rendering the boat virtually bullet proof. Boy Scouts in an Airship; or, the Warning from the Sky He was ever a cross-grained censor; we need not mind his maundering, Gods. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 The cross-grained old maid did not speak to him during the entire meal. The Boys of Bellwood School After supper I went down to the cross-grained man's store determined to get so well acquainted with him that I could meet him again under different auspices. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" He is a nasty, cross-grained critter, and treacherous even to those who feed him best. Nature and Human Nature This cross-grained construction prevents splitting and produces a panel much stronger than solid wood of the same thickness. The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan What a disagreeable, cross-grained professional aunt I was! The Professional Aunt When each stage was finished, the six horses that were to draw us for the next were led up: wicked, cross-grained stallions they were, that squealed and bit and kicked. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville The cross-grained old man held out for a long time, alleging that the girl was no better than she should be, and that she had run away with the baronite. The Way We Live Now The muse, cross-grained as she is, gives less trouble than a woman. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters She said this in no cross-grained way, but because she was so amazed. Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret It is said of those who are small and crooked-backed in their bodies, that their minds are equally cross-grained and their tempers as ungainly as their stature. The Belton Estate The deacons of the stories are all crabbed, gnarled, and cross-grained. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. Simon and his companions are in ecstasies; but such cross-grained, such painful jingling of sounds! Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter It had ever been to him a grumbling, cross-grained, unpleasant world; and he did not expect from Mrs Hearn, or from his sister-in-law, anything better than that to which he had ever been used. The Small House at Allington More shame for him," said Sir Richard; "waste not another thought on so cross-grained a slip, who, as I have already feared, might prove a stumbling-block to you, so young in command as you are. The Lances of Lynwood Women are so cross-grained that it is a wonder to me that men should ever have anything to do with them. The Belton Estate Why, then, should a cross-grained fate insist upon her getting less? The Window-Gazer He has thought of nothing but his own cross-grained pride and selfish egoism. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life He's such a cross-grained beggar—you never know when you're going to offend him; and of course he's perfectly idiotic about the horses. Mates at Billabong To this misshapen hag I shouted: “Ho! tell me, cross-grained hunchback, is there no other face to see here but your ugly visage?” Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Can anything be more cross-grained than you are at this moment? The Belton Estate O Conrade, what vile mischiefs thou hast brooded Out of thy cross-grained head, that thus one spark Of that same passion, love, can set so much O' 'th' brain in flame? Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts The captain was civil, and said I was right; he was a cross-grained, unmanageable brute, and he wished he was out of the ship. Foul Play At the first verse that cross-grained spinster, with real likes and dislikes, put a bony hand quietly before her eyes. A Woman-Hater The work of Fate cannot be done by a reed which is proverbially weak or by a stick which is cut cross-grained and hence will split easily. Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier Yet she was such a jealous, cross-grained body that she seemed to get no happiness out of the fortune Heaven had sent her. The Blue Moon Behind him surged the figure of his wife; just such a woman as you might look to find the mate of such a man: broad and tall of frame and most scurvily cross-grained of face. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro He was at daggers drawn with his nearest neighbor, a cross-grained mountain farmer, who may be known as old man Prindle. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches "A cross-grained old camel!" remarked Afy, in allusion to the qualities, social and amiable, of the revered justice. East Lynne He never gave me time to speak, but flung down from his horse and came at me snarling like a cross-grained mongrel. The Sea-Hawk But the jealous, cross-grained fellow, shoved roughly before him and led the way up the ship's side. Hard Cash They were both cross-grained, as Mrs. Grantly declared; but I think that the major was the most cross-grained of the two. The Last Chronicle of Barset For old men who are reasonable and neither cross-grained nor churlish find old age tolerable enough: whereas unreason and churlishness cause uneasiness at every time of life. Treatises on Friendship and Old Age From beginning to end it all seems so unnecessary, such a needless, cross-grained muddle. The Country House I am peevish and cross-grained," he informed her, "and I have grown old in ignorance of woman's ways. Saint Martin's Summer It is a cross-grained meat, something between pork and beef,—pretty good food when one is hungry and can get nothing better. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 It was thus that the archdeacon looked at it, and as he did so, he thought that his son was the most cross-grained of men. The Last Chronicle of Barset As for the rest, if you can work mysterious and romantic heroes out of old cross-grained fishermen, why, I for one will reap some amusement by the metamorphosis. Redgauntlet He had a pretty hot temper himself, but he kept himself well in hand, and was always kind and pleasant with these cross-grained comrades. For Greater Things; the story of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Almost as remarkable as the number of stupid, cross-grained wives. They and I Oh, he'll live long enough yet, never fear—those wiry, cross-grained people are as tough as lightwood knots. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields What sort of warriors they will prove I do not pretend to know, but this I do say, in private life some of them are cross-grained fellows enough. Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus He was not the least cross-grained, and, having had his little spurt, he settled down into easy going. Wildfire Other matters, too; the attacks of pirates; cross-grained princes who don't want you to be leaving their ports with a good cargo in your hold; sickness; loss of sails and masts; repairs to the ship. Messer Marco Polo It was a strange thing, but deep down in the rather queer, cross-grained soul of the old enthusiast there had grown up gradually a sort of hatred for his four-legged pupil. The Unknown Guest He is peevish and cross-grained, poor man, since he came here. Scaramouche There is not a more cross-grained man alive; his relations are in the right of it, he is sly, revengeful, and contrairy.... Cousin Pons Only once in the room did I hear the slightest allusion to his experience in his presence, and that was by a cross-grained farm hand who was losing to him. Twelve Stories and a Dream I'd give a penny to hear you," replied the other angrily, "for a more bad-natured, cross-grained, cantankerous person than yourself I never met among womankind. The Crock of Gold In looks, as in action, he made her think of a bull stamping cross-grained into a corral. Riders of the Purple Sage But he was real sorry to part with the cross-grained varmint; I thought he was going to blubber when he saw father leading him off. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields I don't pretend to be any baa-lamb, and maybe I'm a little cross-grained at breakfast sometimes, but the way they go on jab-jab-jabbering, I simply can't stand it. Babbitt And all the while that this agonized questioning went on within him, he talked flippantly to Conrad, enraging the cross-grained doorkeeper to the point of homicidal mania. Secret Adversary |
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