Definition of traverse

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Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.

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Traversed :: Traversed (imp. & p. p.) of Travers.
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
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..
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream..
Travel :: Travel (v. t.) To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent..
Passable :: Passable (a.) Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats..
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing..
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) 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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work..
Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path..
Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) 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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Anything that traverses, or crosses..
Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.
Semidiurnal :: Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc..
Bowshot :: Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast..
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