Middle English Dictionary Entry
transvers(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | transvers(e n. Also (error) transwrez. |
| Etymology | L transversum |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. travers n.
1.
(a) A crosswise cut; after (bi) ~, crosswise, transversely; also, horizontal [last quot.]; (b) the converse, opposite.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)145a/b : And it is done þat wiþ anedil be put in alitil corde vnder þe dindime after transuerse by myddez of þe place y-merked.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154b/b : Albucasis partieþ in 3 þe maner of kuttyng or inscisioun..comon veynez, by lengthe; Particuler veynez, by transuerse, i. ouerthwert.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)3.9/2 : Wondez þat nedeþ sewyng aboue, which ar made bi al þe transuers [vr. transwrez] of principale musculez & þat smyteþ þe grete veynez & arteriez & nerues & medulle, bringeþ in most perile.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)3.79/20 : Which [wounds] forsoþ beþ scissurez, som beþ after length, som after transuerse.
b
- c1450 Metham Palm.(Gar 141)114/28 : A woman hauyng manyer sygnys..ys more dysposyd to conceyue sones..eke the transuerse be-tokynnyth the contrary.