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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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1828 Definition
TRAV'ERSE, adv. Athwart; crosswise.
TRAV'ERSE, prep. [supra.] Through crosswise.
TRAV'ERSE, a. [L. versus; transversus.] Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as paths cut with traverse trenches.
TRAV'ERSE, n. [supra.] Any thing laid or built across.
TRAV'ERSE, v.t. To cross; to lay in a cross direction.
To traverse a yard, in sailing, is to brace it aft.
TRAV'ERSE, v.i. In fencing, to use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction.
1913 Definition
Lying across; being in
a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse
trenches.
Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton. The ridges of the fallow field traverse. Hayward. Traverse drill (Mach.), a machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally. Athwart; across;
crosswise.
Anything
that traverses, or crosses.
Specifically: --
A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
[Obs.]
To work, or solve, a traverse
(Naut.), to reduce a series of courses or distances to an
equivalent single one; to calculate the resultant of a traverse. --
Traverse board (Naut.), a small board hung in
the steerage, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each
point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It is used for
recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg
in the corresponding hole. -- Traverse jury
(Law), a jury that tries cases; a petit jury. --
Traverse sailing (Naut.), a sailing by
compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and
distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually
passed over by a ship. -- Traverse table.
To lay in a cross direction]
to cross.
The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by the flowing of the folds. Dryden. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with
obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
I can not but . . . admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse. Sir W. Scott. To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to
traverse the habitable globe.
What seas you traversed, and what fields you fought. Pope. To pass over and view; to survey
carefully.
My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice -- ingratitude. South. To turn to the one side or the
other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a
cannon.
To plane in a direction across
the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
To deny formally, as what the
opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new
matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party
has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny
it.
And save the expense of long litigious laws, To traverse a yard (Naut.), to brace it fore and aft. To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in
fencing.
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse. Shak. To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to
swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not
traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.
To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that
throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
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A design patent covers the unique, ornamental, or visible shape or surface ornamentation of an article or object, even if only on a computer screen. Thus if a lamp, a building, a computer case, or a desk has a truly unique shape, its design can be design patented. Even computer screen icons and an arrangement of printing on a piece of paper can be patented. A design must be for an article that is different from an object in its natural state; thus a figure of a man would not be suitable for a design patent but if the man is in an unnatural position, this can be patented. The uniqueness of the shape must be purely ornamental or aesthetic and part of an article. If the design is functional, then only a utility patent is proper, even if it is also aesthetic. A good example is a jet plane with a constricted waist (narrow body) for reducing turbulence at supersonic speeds: Although the novel shape is attractive, its functionality makes it suitable for a utility patent only. A useful way to distinguish between a design and a utility invention is to ask, "Will removing or smoothing out the novel features substantially impair the function of the device?" If so, as in the jet plane with the narrowed body, this proves that the novel features have a significant functional purpose, so a utility patent in indicated. According to David Pressman's book "Patent it Yourself" two useful questions to ask to define design innovations are: (1) Is the novel feature(s) there for structural or functional reasons, or only for the purpose of ornamentation? (2) Does the novel feature make it look better or work better? (The utilitarian function always prevails.) If the state of the arts is such that the general nature of the feature and its function is old, but the feature has a novel shape that is an aesthetic improvement, then only a design patent will be proper. The design patent application must consist primarily of drawings, along with formal paperwork and a filing fee. Design patents last 14 years from the date of issuance.
