Definition of traverse

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Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.

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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..
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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..
Transversal :: Transversal (n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
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..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
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..
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..
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..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n..
Traversable :: Traversable (a.) Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region..
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