TRAVERSE
Trav"erse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Traversed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Traversing.] Etym: [Cf. F. traverser. See Traverse, a.]
1. To lay in a cross direction; to cross. The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by the flowing of the folds. Dryden.
2. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught. I can not but . . . admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse. Sir W. Scott.
3. To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe. What seas you traversed, and what fields you fought. Pope.
4. To pass over and view; to survey carefully. My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice — ingratitude. South.
5. (Gun.)
Defn: To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon.
6. (Carp.)
Defn: To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
7. (Law)