transversed

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Our bodies are transversed by millions of nerve fibres that transmit information.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

These were transversed with the same colours of other heated bodies, and the latter were absorbed and rendered black.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

Rotate the head of the micrometer screw until the movable line has transversed one division of the stage micrometer.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

It may be mentioned that on some of the bindings of his quarto volumes the broken pitcher is transversed by the wimble or toret—an obvious pun on his name.

From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by Roberts, W. (William)

This poem was attacked by Mr. Charles Montague, afterwards Earl of Hallifax, and Mr. Matthew Prior, who joined in writing the Hind and Panther, transversed to the Country Mouse, and City Mouse, Lond.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Cibber, Theophilus