cross-tail in English

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cross-",
        "3": "tail"
      },
      "expansion": "cross- + tail",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cross- + tail.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cross-tails",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cross-tail (plural cross-tails)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with cross-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine."
      ],
      "id": "en-cross-tail-en-noun-~Spq1itn",
      "links": [
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ],
        [
          "steam engine",
          "steam engine"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever"
        ],
        [
          "backaction",
          "backaction"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-tail"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cross-",
        "3": "tail"
      },
      "expansion": "cross- + tail",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cross- + tail.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cross-tails",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cross-tail (plural cross-tails)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with cross-",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ],
        [
          "steam engine",
          "steam engine"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever"
        ],
        [
          "backaction",
          "backaction"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-tail"
}

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"cross-tail" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms