transversantt (trans versant)

[ Make this house wherin thay shal abyde Light, clene, and playne with perches transversannte To sitte upon. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 21. trans vers ary (trans'ver-sā-ri), n.; pl. transver saries (-riz). [L. transversarium, a cro -beam, a net stretched acro a river, neut. of transver sari us, cro , transverse: see transverse.] See the quotation. The cro -staff [in the 17th century) was a very simple instrument, consisting of a graduated pole with cro pieces, called transversaries (of which there were four used according to the altitude), also graduated, which were fitted to work on it. Encyc. Brit ., X. 187. transverse (trans-vèrs'), a . and n . [ trans verse, OF. travers = Pr. trans vers, travers = Sp. trans verso, trasverso = Pg. trans verso = It. tras verso, IMG:content-0761.jpg:[blocks in formation] inferior transverse proce . See cuts under axisl, 3 (a), dorsal, neurocentral, vertebra, cervical, endoskeleton, hyp a pophysis, and lumbar. - Transverse rib, in arch. See ribl. Transverse scapular artery. Same as supra scapular artery (which see, under supra scapular ). - Trans Cowper, Task, i. 561. verse section. See section, 4.- Transverse shade, A kettle, slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse . 2. Collateral. [Rare.] When once it goes to the transverse and collateral [line], they not only have no title to the inheritance, but every remove is a step to the losing the cognation and relation to the chief house. Jer. Taylor , Rule of Conscience, ii. 3. 3. In an at . and zoöl ., broader or wider than long; having its major diameter cro wise: noting various parts or organs which lie or are taken to run acro other parts, or especially acro the long axis of the whole body. See transversal is and trans versus.-4. In bot .: (a) Right and left or collateral with reference to the median plane. (b) Being at right angles to the axial direction: for example, see transverse partition , below. - 5. In herpet ., specifically noting a bone of the skull which usually unites the palatine and the pterygoid bones with the maxilla. It is usually flattened, plate-like, and firmly sutured, making a solid framework of the maxillary and Na Pl pterygopalatine bars; but in some ophidians, as the venomous snakes, it is a slender rod movably articulated in front with the maxilla, and connected behind with the pterygoid only; it then takes great part in the peculiar pt movement of the bones of the upper jaw by which the venom fangs are thrown into position for striking. See also cuts under BS Ophidia, Pythonidæ, Crotal us, and acrodont. 6. In her., cro ing the escutcheon from one side to Bo the opposite one. -By trans verset, confusedly; out of the proper order. Nothing doth fir me and permanent appeare, But all things tost and turned by transverse. Spenser, F. Q., VII. vii. 56. IMG:content-0762.jpg:[blocks in formation] Under View of Left Half of Skull of Cyclodus , showing Tr , the transverse bone, connecting Mx , the maxilla, with Pl and Pt , the palatine and pterygoid. (Other letters as in Cyclodus, which see.) in entom., a shade or band somewhat darker than the general surface, running transversely acro the middle of the fore wing, between the reniform and orbicular spots, of many noctuid moths. - Transverse shaping machine, a shaping-machine having a cutter-head carried on a pillar and reciprocating horizontally. E. H. Knight. Transverse sinus. See sinus. - Transverse strain, in mech., the strain produced in a beam by a force at right angles to its length; the bending or flexure of an elastic beam.-Transverse suture. See suture. - Transverse thoracic furrow. See thoracic. - Transverse vein, in entom., any one of several short veins connecting two lonand to the length of the wing. They are found especially gitudinal ones, and running nearly at right angles to them in the wings of certain dipters, and are distinguished by special names, as the small or middle transverse vein, be tween the third and fourth longitudinal veins, near the center of the wing; the hinder transverse vein, between the fourth and fifth longitudinals; and the posterior basal trans verse vein, between the fifth and sixth longitudinals, near the base of the wing. - Transverse vibration. Same as lateral vibration (which see, under lateral ). II. n. In an at . , a transversal is or trans versus: as, the transverse of the abdomen, perineum, or sole of the foot. transverse (trans-vèrs'), adv. [ A violent cro wind from either coast Blows them transverse ten you sand leagues awry. IMG:content-0763.png:[graphic] Milton, P. L., iii. 487. transverse (trans-vèrs'), v .; pret. and pp. trans- versed, ppr. transversing. [ trans ver sen , trans verser , traverser , trans vers are , go acro , transgre , traverse, trans versus , pp . of trans vert ere , turn acro , turn away: see transverse, a. Cf. traverse , v .] I. trans. 1. Το overturn; turn topsyturvy. And though our Monarchy be quite trans verst , And we as slaues through the wide world disperst, 'Tis not because we put to heauy doo me The great Me ias. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 284. 2. To change; transpose. Compare trans prose. If there be any Wit in 't, as there is no Book but has some, I Transverse it: that is, if it be Prose, put it into Verse,... if it be Verse, put it into Prose. Bucking ham, The Rehearsal, i. 1. II. in trans. To transgre ; run counter. Ac treuthe, that trespa ede neuere ne transuersede azens the lawe, Bote lyuede as his lawe tauhte. [Rare in all uses.] Piers Plowman (C), xv. 209. transverse-cubital (trans-vers'kūbi-tal), a. Same as trans verso cubital . transversely (trans-vèrs'li), adv . In a trans- verse position, direction, or manner; cro wise. At Stone henge the stones lie transversely upon each Stilling fleet . Hallucal transverse muscle. Same as trans versus ped is (which see, under pes3 ). — Transverse artery, one of several small branches of the basilar artery, pa ing directly outward to be distributed to the pons Varolii. - Transverse axis. See axisl . - Transverse cervical artery, the third branch of the thyroid axis. It pa es outward acro the subclavian triangle to the anterior mar- gin of the trapezius, where it divides into the superficial cervical and the posterior scapular. Also called transver- sal is coll i . - Transverse colon, that portion of the large intestine which extends acro the body from right to left, from the end of the ascending colon to the beginning of the descending colon. See cut under intestine . - Transverse coxa. See coxa , 3. - Transverse diameter of a conic section. Same as transverse axis . -Transverse facial ar- tery, a branch of the temporal artery. It pa es forward transverse-medial (trans-vèrs'med i-al), a. other. through the parotid gland, and breaks up on the side of the face into numerous branches which supply the parotid Same as trans verso medial. gland, ma eter muscle, and the integument. - Transverse fi ure. (a) Of the liver. See fi ure. (b) Of the brain, a fi ure beneath the fornix and the hemispheres, above the optic thalami, through which membranes and ve els are continued from the pia mater into the ventricles of the brain. -Transverse flute. See flute 1, 1.- Transverse frontal convolution, the ascending frontal or anterior central gyrus or convolution. See gyrus. - Transverse frontal furrow, the pre central sulcus. See pre central. Transverse humeral artery. Same as supra scapular artery (which see, under supra scapular ). - Transverse ligament of the atlas. See ligament. - Transverse ligament of the fingers, a superficial palmar band stretching acro the roots of the four fingers. - Transverse ligament of the pelvis, a strong fibrous band stretching acro the subpubic angle near its apex. Transverse ligament of the toes, a plantar band similar to the transverse ligament of the fingers. -Trans verse but at magnet, the sides, a formed whose by a particular combination ends, of bar-magnets. - Transverse magnetism, or transverse magnetization, magnetization at right angles to the length - Transverse map-projection. See projection.-Transverse metacarpal ligament, a band of fibers pa ing between the palmar ligaments of the metacarpophalangeal joints. -Transverse metatarsal ligament, a plantar band similar to the transverse meta car the whole thickne of the cord, but of slight vertical expal ligament.-Transverse myelitis, myelitis involving tent.-Transverse partition, in bot., a di epiment, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, in a silique. Transverse perineal artery, an artery usually arising, in common with the superficial perineal artery, from the pudic artery at the fore part of the ischiorectal fo a, and traversing the perineum; the trans perineal artery. It is distributed to the parts between the anus and the bulb of the urethra, and anastomoses with the corresponding artery of the opposite side. - Transverse proce of a vertebra, a lateral proce on each side, of different character, morphologically, in different regions of the spine; proper ly, a trans proce or diapophysis; in the cervical region, usually a diapophysis and pleurapophysis partially united in one, inclosing a vertebrarterial foramen: in this and other regions often including also a parapophysis, or including a parapophysis without a pleurapophysis, or consisting only of a parapophysis: when consisting of a diapophysis and a parapophysis together, the latter is specified as the IMG:content-0764.jpg:[blocks in formation]