transversē, adv., v. transverto fin.
·noun Anything that is transverse or athwart. II. Transverse ·vt To change from prose into verse, o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The first or principal diameter of an ellipse; that which crosses it lengthwise. (See major axis.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A 'thwart-ship view of any part of a ship when cut by a plane at right angles to the keel. ...