Cross examinations at a court-martial.
·adv Athwart; across; crosswise. II. Traverse ·adj A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. III. Traverse...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Denotes the several courses a ship makes under the changes of wind or manœuvres. It is self-evident ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- A machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and ...
Up one hatchway and down another, to elude duty. (See tom cox's traverse.) ...
A thin circular piece of board, marked with all the points of the compass, and having eight holes bo...
See jack-stays. ...
Resolving a traverse is merely a general term for the determination of a single course equivalent to...
A table which gives the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to a certain course and d...
A wind which sets right in to any harbour, and prevents the departure of vessels. ...
Up one hatchway and down another: others say three turns round the long boat, and a pull at the scut...
To get it fore and aft. ...