traverse warp machine

A form of bobbin net machine, so called from the warp traversing instead of the carriages. Principally used for spotted lace, blond edgings, and imitation thread laces. trăv-ērse, v. t. & i. [TRAVERSE, a.] IMG:content-1368.jpg:[graphic] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To cro ; to hay or place in a cro direction. "Myself and such As slept within the shadow of your power, Have wandered with our travers'd arms, and breathed Our sufferance vainly." Shakesp.: Timon, v. 4. 2. To wander over; to travel over; to cro or pa over in traveling. "Copses they traverse , brooks they cro , Strain up the bank and o'er the mo ."