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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
A Crossbitenoun
A deception; a cheat.
Etymology: cross and bite.
The fox, that trusted to his address and manage, without so much as dreaming of a cross-bite from so silly an animal, fell himself into the pit that he had digged for another. Roger L'Estrange.
To Crossbiteverb
To contravene by deception.
Etymology: from the noun.
No rhetorick must be spent against cross-biting a country evidence, and frighting him out of his senses. Collier.
That many knotty points there are,
Which all discuss, but few can clear;
As nature slily had thought fit,
For some by-ends, to cross-bite wit. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Crossbite
Crossbite is a form of malocclusion where a tooth (or teeth) has a more buccal or lingual position (that is, the tooth is either closer to the cheek or to the tongue) than its corresponding antagonist tooth in the upper or lower dental arch. In other words, crossbite is a lateral misalignment of the dental arches.
Webster Dictionary
Crossbitenoun
a deception; a cheat
Crossbite
to deceive; to trick; to gull
Wikidata
Crossbite
Crossbite is an occlusal irregularity where a tooth has a more buccal or lingual position than its corresponding antagonist tooth in the upper or lower arcade.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of crossbite in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of crossbite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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