单词 | transversary |
释义 | transversaryadj.n. Transverse. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective] overthwart1228 thwart-overa1387 transversaryc1400 thwart1404 thwartingc1430 transversalc1440 transversantc1440 traversea1450 thorter1488 cross1523 overthwarting1552 traversed1561 traversing1561 transverse1621 overcrossa1661 transverseda1711 crossway1865 crosswise1903 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 148 Þe wesant..haþ noon [brawnys] transuersarie, þat is to seie goynge ouerþwert, for wiþholdynge is not nedeful to him. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [noun] > anything lying transversely > part of a cross transversary1584 transom1615 transversea1634 traversion1658 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 185 Neither of the letters in the Transversary of the black Crosse. 2. A cross-piece or vane of a cross-staff. Historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > measuring altitude > [noun] > cross-staff > limb of transitory?1574 transom1594 transversary1595 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > cross-staff > limb of transitory?1574 transom1594 transversary1595 thirty-cross1726 1595 J. Davis Seamans Secrets i. sig. C1 Your staffe so ordered, then mooue the transuersary vpon your staffe to and fro as occasion requireth. 1638 W. Oughtred Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 31 For setting the degrees on the transversary. 1879 A. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.c1400 |
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