( a. )
Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
( a. )
Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012