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traverse 1. a gallery or loft inside a building that crosses it 2. Maths another name for transversal 3. Nautical the zigzag course of a vessel tacking frequently 4. Law the formal denial of a fact alleged in the opposite party's pleading 5. Mountaineering a horizontal move across a face
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We were twenty-seven days on the traverse between San Francisco and Honolulu. The distance between Suez and Aden is precisely thirteen hundred and ten miles, and the regulations of the company allow the steamers one hundred and thirty-eight hours in which to traverse it. When I was in Spaceland I heard that your sailors have very similar experiences while they traverse your seas and discern some distant island or coast lying on the horizon. |
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