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In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. [Obs.] Fabyan.

To engrave anew.

An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts.

Corrupted or depraved by one's self. Milton.

of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. "The worst of a thrave." [Obs.] Landsdowne MS. He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale. Bp. Hall.

n frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing. She sprung as a colt doth in the trave. Chaucer.

To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.

Harassed; fatigued with travel. [Obs.] Shak.

Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [Written also travelled.] The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. Byron.

One who travels; one who has traveled much.

Across; 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.

rally; 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.…

A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.

Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]

To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to exhume. [Obs.] Fuller.

To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.