transversed

A flat blade of metal transversed it, one side twisting into the ground where skeletal girders shown beneath ripped plating.

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

The rose-light from the ornate lamp brought out deep lines which transversed his yellow face.

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

The legs transversed thus X cross-wise, or decussated, was among the ancients the posture of malediction.