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单词 traversewise
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traversewiseadv.

Forms: see traverse n. and -wise comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: traverse n., -wise comb. form.
Etymology: < traverse n. + -wise comb. form. Compare slightly earlier traversely adv. and earlier traverse adv.Compare the following earlier examples of the phrase in traverse wise ( < in prep. + traverse adj. + wise n.1): ▸ ?a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 4387 This was his doom and his fatal peyne..His feet, his armys tween chariettis tweyne..To be bounde and knet in trauers wise, Contrariousli the hors to drawe.a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 6999 Ouer my shuldere she yt [sc. wallet] caste And be-gan to bookele yt faste In travers wyse.
Obsolete.
Crosswise, transversely; obliquely.
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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).
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