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rmerly believed to be a stone. Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunderstone. Shak.

A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.

something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle. drove before him, thunderstruck. Milton.

The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.

The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks. R. H. Dana, Jr.

Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.

cross, 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.

The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

oss; athwart. [Obs.] The earl . . . caused . . . high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another. Ld. Berners.

Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region.

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.

ly; 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.…

The office of treasurer.

Consisting of three persons. Milton.

A Trinitarian.

The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity.