ATHWART

prep. adv.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
prep.

Across; from side to side of. Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson.

2.
prep.

Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether in contact or at a small distance. -- Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.

3.
adv.

1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser.

4.
adv.

Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. Shak.

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