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\ ˈkrȯs-ˌgrānd 
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\Definition of cross-grained
1 : difficult to deal with
her husband's self-absorbed and cross-grained nature— Lance Morrow
2 : having the grain or fibers running diagonally, transversely, or irregularly
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The first known use of cross-grained was in 1647
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