Bible Dictionaries
Crossbill

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crossbill'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/crossbill.html. 1828.