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)

Additional info about word: CROSS-PURPOSE

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.
• COUNTERPLEAD
  To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
• CROSSBRED
  Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
• COUNTER BRACE
  The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
• COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
  See A
• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• 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.