Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRAV'ERSE
TRAV'ERSE, a. [Fr. traverse; tra, tras, and L. versus; transversus.]
Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches. Hayward. Oak – may be trusted in traverse work for summers. Wotton.
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