Trav"erse (?), a. [OF. travers, L.
transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn or direct across.
See Transverse, and cf. Travers.] Lying across; being in
a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse
trenches.
Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better
trusted in cross and traverse work.
Sir H.
Wotton.
The ridges of the fallow field traverse.
Hayward.
Traverse drill (Mach.), a machine tool for
drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and
forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted
laterally.
Trav"erse (?), adv. Athwart; across;
crosswise.
Trav"erse, n. [F. traverse. See
Traverse, a.] 1. Anything
that traverses, or crosses. Specifically: --
(a) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs;
a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky
traverses not under his control.
(b) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen,
curtain, or the like.
Men drinken and the travers draw anon.
Chaucer.
And the entrance of the king,
The first traverse was drawn.
F. Beaumont.
(c) (Arch.) A gallery or loft of
communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
Gwilt.
(d) (Fort.) A work thrown up to intercept an
enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of
work.
(e) (Law) A formal denial of some matter of
fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The
technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc,
without this; that is, without this which follows.
(f) (Naut.) The zigzag course or courses
made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound
course.
(g) (Geom.) A line lying across a figure or
other lines; a transversal.
(h) (Surv.) A line surveyed across a plot of
ground.
(i) (Gun.) The turning of a gun so as to
make it point in any desired direction.
2. A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
[Obs.]
To work, or solve, a traverse
(Naut.), to reduce a series of courses or distances to an
equivalent single one; to calculate the resultant of a traverse. --
Traverse board (Naut.), a small board hung in
the steerage, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each
point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It is used for
recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg
in the corresponding hole. -- Traverse jury
(Law), a jury that tries cases; a petit jury. --
Traverse sailing (Naut.), a sailing by
compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and
distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually
passed over by a ship. -- Traverse table.
(a) (Naut. & Surv.) A table by means of which
the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course
and distance may be found by inspection. It contains the lengths of the two
sides of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter of a degree of
angle, and for lengths of the hypothenuse, from 1 to 100.
(b) (Railroad) A platform with one or more
tracks, and arranged to move laterally on wheels, for shifting cars, etc.,
from one line of track to another.
Trav"erse, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Traversed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Traversing.] [Cf. F. traverser. See Traverse,
a.] 1. To lay in a cross direction;
to cross.
The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by
the flowing of the folds.
Dryden.
2. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with
obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
I can not but . . . admit the force of this reasoning, which
I yet hope to traverse.
Sir W. Scott.
3. To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to
traverse the habitable globe.
What seas you traversed, and what fields you
fought.
Pope.
4. To pass over and view; to survey
carefully.
My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and
properties of this detestable vice -- ingratitude.
South.
5. (Gun.) To turn to the one side or the
other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a
cannon.
6. (Carp.) To plane in a direction across
the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
7. (Law) To deny formally, as what the
opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new
matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party
has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny
it.
And save the expense of long litigious laws,
Where suits are traversed, and so little won
That he who conquers is but last undone.
Dryden.
To traverse a yard (Naut.), to brace it
fore and aft.
Trav"erse (?), v. i. 1.
To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in
fencing.
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee
traverse.
Shak.
2. To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to
swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not
traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.
3. To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that
throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
Trav"erse (?), a. [OF. travers, L.
transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn or direct across.
See Transverse, and cf. Travers.] Lying across; being in
a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse
trenches.
Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better
trusted in cross and traverse work.
Sir H.
Wotton.
The ridges of the fallow field traverse.
Hayward.
Traverse drill (Mach.), a machine tool for
drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and
forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted
laterally.
Trav"erse (?), adv. Athwart; across;
crosswise.
Trav"erse, n. [F. traverse. See
Traverse, a.] 1. Anything
that traverses, or crosses. Specifically: --
(a) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs;
a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky
traverses not under his control.
(b) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen,
curtain, or the like.
Men drinken and the travers draw anon.
Chaucer.
And the entrance of the king,
The first traverse was drawn.
F. Beaumont.
(c) (Arch.) A gallery or loft of
communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
Gwilt.
(d) (Fort.) A work thrown up to intercept an
enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of
work.
(e) (Law) A formal denial of some matter of
fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The
technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc,
without this; that is, without this which follows.
(f) (Naut.) The zigzag course or courses
made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound
course.
(g) (Geom.) A line lying across a figure or
other lines; a transversal.
(h) (Surv.) A line surveyed across a plot of
ground.
(i) (Gun.) The turning of a gun so as to
make it point in any desired direction.
2. A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
[Obs.]
To work, or solve, a traverse
(Naut.), to reduce a series of courses or distances to an
equivalent single one; to calculate the resultant of a traverse. --
Traverse board (Naut.), a small board hung in
the steerage, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each
point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It is used for
recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg
in the corresponding hole. -- Traverse jury
(Law), a jury that tries cases; a petit jury. --
Traverse sailing (Naut.), a sailing by
compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and
distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually
passed over by a ship. -- Traverse table.
(a) (Naut. & Surv.) A table by means of which
the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course
and distance may be found by inspection. It contains the lengths of the two
sides of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter of a degree of
angle, and for lengths of the hypothenuse, from 1 to 100.
(b) (Railroad) A platform with one or more
tracks, and arranged to move laterally on wheels, for shifting cars, etc.,
from one line of track to another.
Trav"erse, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Traversed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Traversing.] [Cf. F. traverser. See Traverse,
a.] 1. To lay in a cross direction;
to cross.
The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by
the flowing of the folds.
Dryden.
2. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with
obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
I can not but . . . admit the force of this reasoning, which
I yet hope to traverse.
Sir W. Scott.
3. To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to
traverse the habitable globe.
What seas you traversed, and what fields you
fought.
Pope.
4. To pass over and view; to survey
carefully.
My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and
properties of this detestable vice -- ingratitude.
South.
5. (Gun.) To turn to the one side or the
other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a
cannon.
6. (Carp.) To plane in a direction across
the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
7. (Law) To deny formally, as what the
opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new
matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party
has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny
it.
And save the expense of long litigious laws,
Where suits are traversed, and so little won
That he who conquers is but last undone.
Dryden.
To traverse a yard (Naut.), to brace it
fore and aft.
Trav"erse (?), v. i. 1.
To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in
fencing.
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee
traverse.
Shak.
2. To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to
swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not
traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.
3. To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that
throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
