单词 | at traverse |
释义 | > as lemmasat (also in, on, etc.) (the) traverse Phrases a. Sideways, crosswise; transversely. Obsolete. [After Anglo-Norman and Middle French en travers (c1100 in Old French; French en travers), à travers (late 12th cent. in Old French; French à travers); compare post-classical Latin in traverso (1354 in a British source), earlier in transverso (from 12th cent. in British sources).] In quot. ?a1400: at the side. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > transversely [phrase] at travers?a1400 by transversea1599 the world > space > direction > in the direction that [phrase] > oblique or askew at travers?a1400 to look nine ways1542 nine ways (at once)1542 the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > alongside [phrase] > on one side on sideOE aside half1398 at travers?a1400 a to-side1575 aside slips1577 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 12890 Þe sargeancie & þe archers..were set..to kepe þe Romeyns at þe trauers [a1450 Lamb. at trauers]. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxiii. 425 He loked proudly on trauerse. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 29 Great peeces of tymber or logges of woode..set in trauerse ouer some passage, bridge or gate. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 66 Joyners work as well upon the Traverse..as with the Grain of the wood. b. In dispute; at issue; (of a person or group) in disagreement with another or others; (of property, a question, etc.) that is disputed or under discussion. Cf. sense 3a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 in strife1398 at traversc1448 at issue1474 at a strife1488 at variancea1535 at square1545 at (a) jar1552 at (or to) daggers' drawing1556 at (a) mutiny1567 in (a) mutiny1567 at wrig-wrag1599 at daggers drawn1668 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 loggerhead1831 at daggers' points1857 at swords' points1890 society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] > forming subject of dissension in variance1461 at travers1524 c1448 in W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich (1906) I. 345 The pryour of Norwich that tyme being in travers wt the said meir and comonalte. c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) (1961) iii. l. 1590 While thay were at travers of thees thre, Eueryche holdyng his opynyon. 1524 in J. H. Glover Kingsthorpiana (1883) 64 The forseid land and grownds now in traves. 1658 City Law 92 in Practick Part of Law (rev. ed.) Where..the parties be at traverse, and at issue upon some especiall condition broken [etc.] 1790 J. Harrison Accomplish'd Practiser (ed. 7) 389 In every traverse there ought to be a proper inducement to shew the matter in traverse is material. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adverb] > across, through the breadth of through the travers1490 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxviii. 576 [He] went..thrugh the travers of the wodes wel the space of viii dayes. P3. Originally and chiefly Nautical. to work a traverse (and variants). Cf. sense 16a. a. To calculate the approximate position of a vessel by means of dead reckoning based on a record of the courses steered and distances travelled. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] to work a traverse1659 1659 J. Collins Navigation by Mariners Plain Scale new Plain'd i. ii. 12 Before we come to work any Traverse, it will be very ready and convenient to prepare a Traverse-Quadrant. 1898 Chums 4 May 586/3 I thought I set you to work a traverse this morning? 1943 G. W. Mixter Primer of Navigation (ed. 2) 142 Working a traverse means to combine the results of the various legs of the track so that a single solution by plane sailing gives the answer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > make zig-zag course tack1700 zigzag1787 to work a traverse1805 weave1884 traverse1905 Major-Mitchell1922 1805 Naval Chron. 13 7 I thanked the honest Watchman and Constable; and then worked a Traverse through and across all the lanes in Wapping to find a lodging suitable to my circumstances. 1852 Standard 2 Feb. She..steamed out to the westward..; there disconnected the engines, and worked a traverse to the southward under sail. 1912 Philadelphia Inquirer 29 Dec. (Mag. section) 2/1 It would cost them a day to work a traverse round the mountain. c. figurative. slang. to execute a plan, scheme, or trick, esp. in order to fool or get the better of someone. Cf. to work Tom Cox's traverse at Tom n.1 Phrases 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [phrase] > attain superiority or mastery of to come to the above ofa1387 to work a traverse1840 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase] to do or make a blenk or blencha1250 to play (a person) a pageant1530 to give one the geck1568 to play a paw1568 to draw through the water with a cat1631 come1714 to run one's rig upon1793 to come (the) paddy over1809 to work a traverse1840 to go on, have, take a lark1884 to pull a fast one1912 to take for a ride1925 to pull a person's pissera1935 to pull a person's chain1975 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxx. 361 This old covey knows the ropes. He has worked a traverse over 'em. 1925 Youth's Compan. 26 Nov. 845/1 That's what she used to kind of work a traverse on me a day or so ago. 1933 J. Masefield Bird of Dawning 279 I only hope..nobody else has worked the same traverse. < as lemmas |
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