Crossgrained
Pronunciation : Cross"grained (-grnd`)
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.
2. Perverse; untractable; contrary. She was none of your crossgrained, termagant, scolding jades. Arbuthnot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913