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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TRAVERSING
ppr.
Crossing;
passing
over;
thwarting;
turning;
denying.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TRAVERSING
TRAVERSING
Trav "
ers
*
ing,
a.
Defn:
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.
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