英语词汇“transversary”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	transversary
释义	transˈversary, a. and n. [ad. L. transversāri-us lying across: see transverse and -ary. Cf. F. transversaire (Littré).] †A. adj. Transverse. Obs. rare^—1. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 148 Þe wesant..haþ noon [brawnys] transuersarie, þat is to seie goynge ouerþwert, for wiþholdynge is not nedeful to him. B. n. †1. The transverse beam or member of a cross. Obs. rare^—1. [L. transversarium crossbeam.] a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 185 Neither of the letters in the Transversary of the black Crosse. 2. A cross-piece or vane of a cross-staff. Hist. 1594J. Davis Seaman's Secr. (1607) 17 Your staffe so ordered, then moue the transversary upon your staffe to and fro as occasion requireth.1638Oughtred in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) I. 31 For setting the degrees on the transversary.1879A. Geikie in Encycl. Brit. X. 187/1 The cross-staff was a very simple instrument, consisting of a graduated pole with cross pieces, called transversaries.., also graduated, which were fitted to work on it.
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