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Contraversion
Contraversion Con`tra*ver"sion, n.
A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. --Congreve.
Extraversion
Extraversion Ex`tra*ver"sion, n. [Pref. extra- + L. vertere,
versum, to turn: cf. F. extraversion.]
The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown
out. [Obs.] --Boyle.
TraversingTraverse Trav"erse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Traversed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Traversing.] [Cf. F. traverser. See Traverse, a.]
1. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by
the flowing of the folds. --Dryden.
2. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles;
to obstruct; to bring to naught.
I can not but . . . admit the force of this
reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the
habitable globe.
What seas you traversed, and what fields you fought.
--Pope.
4. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles,
and properties of this detestable vice --
ingratitude. --South.
5. (Gun.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to
point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon.
6. (Carp.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the
wood; as, to traverse a board.
7. (Law) 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.
And save the expense of long litigious laws, Where
suits are traversed, and so little won That he who
conquers is but last undone. --Dryden.
To traverse a yard (Naut.), to brace it fore and aft. TraversingTraversing Trav"ers*ing, a.
Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging
motion; adapted for giving lateral motion.
Traversing plate (Mil.), one of two thick iron plates at
the hinder part of a gun carriage, where the handspike is
applied in traversing the piece. --Wilhelm.
Traversing platform (Mil.), a platform for traversing guns. Traversing craneCrane Crane (kr[=a]n), n. [AS. cran; akin to D. & LG. craan,
G. kranich, krahn (this in sense 2), Gr. ge`ranos, L. grus,
W. & Armor. garan, OSlav. zerav[i^], Lith. gerve, Icel.
trani, Sw. trana, Dan. trane. [root]24. Cf. Geranium.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied
genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill,
and long legs and neck.
Note: The common European crane is Grus cinerea. The
sand-hill crane (G. Mexicana) and the whooping crane
(G. Americana) are large American species. The
Balearic or crowned crane is Balearica pavonina. The
name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons and
cormorants.
2. A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and,
while holding them suspended, transporting them through a
limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a
projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post
or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so
called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the
neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
3. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side
or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over
a fire.
4. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
5. (Naut.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support
spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.
Crane fly (Zo["o]l.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of
the genus Tipula.
Derrick crane. See Derrick.
Gigantic crane. (Zo["o]l.) See Adjutant, n., 3.
Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane
(Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead
crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus
traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a
machine shop or foundry.
Water crane, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout,
for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with
water. Traversing plateTraversing Trav"ers*ing, a.
Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging
motion; adapted for giving lateral motion.
Traversing plate (Mil.), one of two thick iron plates at
the hinder part of a gun carriage, where the handspike is
applied in traversing the piece. --Wilhelm.
Traversing platform (Mil.), a platform for traversing guns. Traversing platformTraversing Trav"ers*ing, a.
Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging
motion; adapted for giving lateral motion.
Traversing plate (Mil.), one of two thick iron plates at
the hinder part of a gun carriage, where the handspike is
applied in traversing the piece. --Wilhelm.
Traversing platform (Mil.), a platform for traversing guns.
Meaning of Traversi from wikipedia
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Anita Traversi (25 July 1937 – 25
September 1991) was a
Swiss singer, best
known for her parti****tion in the
Eurovision Song
Contests of 1960 and 1964...
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Villa Traversi ****oni, or
Villa Cusani Traversi ****oni is a
rural palace in Desio,
northern Italy. An
original palace at the site was
built by the...
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traversi is a
species of
hermit crab. It was
described in 1885. A
small hermit-crab that
lives in
marine tide pools. New Zealand. "Pagurus
traversi"...
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robin or
Chatham Island robin (Moriori: karure, Māori: kakaruia;
Petroica traversi) is an
endangered bird from the
Chatham Islands off the east
coast of New...
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mostly in
moist native forest. Some live in
lowland forest, such as P.
traversi traversi,
which is
nationally endangered and has its own 10 ha
reserve of kahikatea...
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Gaspare Traversi (c. 1722 – 1
November 1770) was an
Italian Rococo painter best
known for his
genre works.
Active mostly in his
native city of Naples,...
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Powelliphanta traversi,
known as Travers' land snail, is a
species of large,
carnivorous land snail, a
terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family...
- The king dory or
lookdown dory (Cyttus
traversi) is a Dory, in the
genus Cyttus,
found around South Africa,
southern Australia, and New Zealand, over the...
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Derek Aimone Uberto Antona-
Traversi (November 7, 1912 –
August 25, 2005) was a
British literary critic who
spent much of his life
abroad emplo**** by the...
- macrocephala), and the
black robin (Petroica
traversi) in the
Chatham Islands are
closely related species. P.
traversi seems to be a
Chatham Island derivative...
