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Turned away or backward. [Obs.] The tracks averse a lying notice gave, And led the searcher backward from the cave. Dryden.

Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.

The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.

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.

To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. [Obs.] "To abhor from those vices." Udall. Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. Milton.

ther; to promote; to benefit; to profit. The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him. Fuller. What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25. To advantage one's self of, to avail…

To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him…

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope.

Reluctantly; slowly; aversely. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

neighborhood of Carrara and in Corsica. It commonly shows a dark gray or bluish ground traversed by veins.

Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.

the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.

ed wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current. Bobbin and fly frame, a roving machine. -- Bobbin lace, lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow lace.

ay. Boom iron, one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse. -- The booms, that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed. Totten.

The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.

n around the sides and top of a door, window, or fireplace. The top piece is called the traverse and the side pieces the ascendants.