Definition of traverse

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Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.

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Wander :: Wander (v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
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.) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Anything that traverses, or crosses..
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
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..
Gabionade :: Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who traverses, or denies..
Bowshot :: Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
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.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Perineum :: Perineum (n.) The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum..
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