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Transversely :: Transversely (adv.) In a transverse manner.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely..

Transverse :: Transverse (v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose..

Mill :: Mill (n.) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained..

Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

Breastbeam :: Breastbeam (n.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive.

Ratlins :: Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.

Micrococcus :: Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus..

Striges :: Strigate (a.) Having transverse bands of color.

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Pickaxe :: Pickaxe (n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes..

Parr :: Parr (n.) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling..

Scutiped :: Scutiped (a.) Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds..

Crebrisulcate :: Crebrisulcate (a.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows.

Transversal :: Transversal (a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line..

Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.

Stoma :: Stoma (n.) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium.

Transverse :: Transverse (n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart.

Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..

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