OVERTHWART

a. adv. prep. n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden.

2.
a.

Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. "Overthwart humor." Clarendon.

3.
adv.

Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer.

4.
prep.

Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another." Milton.

5.
n.

That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obs.] Surrey.

6.
v.

To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]

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