traverse

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travel across or pass over
to cover or extend over an area or time period
Athwart
a horizontal beam that extends across something
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
A turning
a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
taking a zigzag path on skis
travel across
Lying across
Anything that traverses, or crosses
Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs
A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like
A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building
A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work
A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this
The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another
A line lying across a figure or other lines
A line surveyed across a plot of ground
The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction
To lay in a cross direction
To cross by way of opposition
To wander over
To pass over and view
To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction
To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood
To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it
To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing
To turn, as on a pivot
To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other
Residential area (city, town, village) in France in Limousin
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Michigan
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Minnesota

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