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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Crossbill

/(-bĭl`)/ · Cross·bill · IPA /ˈkɹɒsbɪl/
01 A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
  1. 1.
    A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.(Law)
02 n. A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
  1. 1.
    A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.(Zool.)