CROSSBILL

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier.

2.
n.

A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.


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