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traversed, ppl. a.|ˈtrævəst, trəˈvɜːst| Also 6–7 trauerst. [f. traverse v. + -ed1.] 1. Placed or laid across; crossed; transverse.
1607Shakes. Timon v. iv. 7 [We] Haue wander'd with our trauerst Armes, and breathd Our sufferance vainly. 1621Lodge Summary Du Bartas i. 286 The Stomake..cloaseth it selfe on euery side, by meanes of the trauersed fibers. 2. Passed or travelled over; traced continuously; penetrated, pierced.
1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 61 Lifelesse in midway of their trauerst round. 1878Browning La Saisiaz 357 Traversed heart must tell its story uncommented on. 1905J. C. Wilson Traversing Geometr. Figures i. §4. 10 If B was intermediate, the traversed lines at B are even in number. 3. Of a horse: see quots. Cf. traverse v. 19 b.
1611Cotgr., Travat, a horse which is trauersed; viz. hath two white feet on the right, or left side. 1678in Phillips (ed. 4). 1720W. Gibson Diet. Horses i. 5 Those which are cross-traversed, having the Fore-foot on the Near Side, and Hinder Foot on the Far Side, or [vice versa] White. 4. Her. See quot., and cf. traverse a. 2, 2 b.
c1828Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Traversed, (French, contourné) turned to the sinister side of the shield. |