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单词 transversary
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transversaryadj.n.

Etymology: < Latin transversārius lying across: see transverse adj., n., adv., and prep. and -ary suffix1. Compare French transversaire (Littré).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: transˈversary.
A. adj.
Transverse. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
1. The transverse beam or member of a cross. Obsolete. rare. [ < Latin transversarium crossbeam.]
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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.
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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).
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