单词 | traversewise |
释义 | † traversewiseadv. Obsolete. Crosswise, transversely; obliquely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adverb] overthwartc1300 thwarta1350 thwart-over1398 overthwartly?a1425 traversec1425 thorter1488 thwartly?1541 traversely?1541 traversewise1548 cross1577 thwartingly1579 crosswise1580 thwartwise1589 overthwartwise1594 crossly1598 traverseways1610 athwart1611 crossway1611 transversely1650 overthwartways1656 transverse1660 crossways1665 thwartways1665 transversally1762 criss-cross1843 athwart-wise1868 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxix Flatte golde of Dammaske with small lace myxed betwene of the same golde, and other laces of the same so goyng trauerse wyse, that the grounde lytle appered. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xii. 336 The Beams or Bamboes..are fastned traverse-wise to the Outlayers on each side. 1826 Lit. Magnet 1 52 His opponent's lance..swerving from its direct line struck him traversewise, and was broken upon the bow of his saddle. 1919 Druggists Circular Feb. 58/2 Six or eight plies of the..tissue..have been used in building up the vessel in successive layers—the grain of the paper in each instance being crossed traversewise or obliquewise of the preceding sheet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1548 |
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