Transverse

trans-vers', a. Lying or being; acro , or in a cro wise direction. — n. (Geom.) The longer axis of an ellipse. — Transver's al, a. Running or lying acro . — n. ( Geom.) A straight or curved line which intersects any system of other lines. — Travrerse, -ers, a. Lying acro ; being in a direction acro something else. — n. Anything that traverses or cro es; something that thwarts, cro es, or obstructs; barrier, a movable screen, or curtain. {Arch.) A gallery or loft of communication in a church or other large building. {Fart.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along any line of work or pa age exposed to such a fire. {Law.) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. (Naut.) The series of zigzag courses made by a A ship line in lying pa ing acro from a one figure place or to other another. lines. (Geom.~) ( Gun.) The turning a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.— v. t. [traversed £erst), -ersing.] To lay in a cro direction; to cro ; to thwart, obstruct; to wander over, cro in traveling; to pa over and view. ( Gun.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction. (Carp.) To plane in a direction acro the grain of the wood. {Law Pleadings.) To deny formally (what the opposite party has alleged). — v. i. To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing; to turn, as on a pivot; to swivel. — Traverse jury. (Law.) A jury that tries cases; a petit jury.— To t. a yard. (Naut.) To brace it aft. — Trav'erser, n. One who, or that which, traverses or moves, as an index on a scale. (Law.) One who traverses or denies. (Railroads.) A platform for shifting cars, etc., from one track to another.— Trav'erse sail'ing. {Naut.) The method of finding the resulting course and distance from a series of zigzag or traverse courses and distances actually pa ed over by a ship.