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Perversely. [Obs.]

In a perverse manner.

The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness." Donne.

To reverse. [Obs.] Whose shield he bears renverst. Spenser.

Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.

A reversing. [Obs.]

; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. "A vice reverse unto this." Gower.

; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zoöl.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.

In a reversed way.

Irreversible. [R.] A. SEward.

In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite. Bp. Pearson.

One who reverses.

To subvert. [Obs.] Spenser.

across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to Ant: longitudinal. Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci. -- Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.…

In a transverse manner.

Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches. Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton. The ridges of the fallow field traverse. Hayward. Traverse drill (Mach.), a machine tool for drilling slots, in which…

A machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally.

One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.

The lower or second verse. [Obs.]

a; the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation. How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all this good to man! Milton.