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In a contrary order; conversely. Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise. Arbuthnot.

A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.

through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.

ctric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them.

By forgery; falsely.

A person who closely resembles another.

Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless. The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle. Shak.

Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also kretinine.]

Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.

Marked with closely set transverse furrows.

A gibbet, cosisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. Nailed to the cross By his own nation. Milton.

A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges. Crabb.

Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.

Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

In the form of a cross; across; transversely. Longfellow.

A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other. A crowd of islands. Pope.

In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.

Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, illmannered boy. O, thuo dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a drizzle on thy case Shak.

To embrace closely; to foundle. Forby.