Definition of traverse

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Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..

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Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..
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.) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..
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..
Basin :: Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
Pathfinder :: Pathfinder (n.) One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board..
Course :: Course (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
Voyage :: Voyage (v. t.) To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path..
Journey :: Journey (v. t.) To traverse; to travel over or through.
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..
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