Definition of traverse

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Traverse (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..

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Pathfinder :: Pathfinder (n.) One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
Traversable :: Traversable (a.) Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region..
Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n..
Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
Gabionade :: Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
Traverse :: Traverse (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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) 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..
Travel :: Travel (v. t.) To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent..
Walk :: Walk (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets..
Barruly :: Barruly (a.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
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