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AthwartAthwart A*thwart", prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
2. (Naut.) 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. Athwart
Athwart A*thwart", adv.
1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise;
obliquely.
Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight.
--Spenser.
2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with
heavy news. --Shak.
Athwart hawseAthwart A*thwart", prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
2. (Naut.) 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. Athwart shipsAthwart A*thwart", prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
2. (Naut.) 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. Deathward
Deathward Death"ward, adv.
Toward death.
EarthwardEarthward Earth"ward, Earthwards Earth"wards, adv.
Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward. EarthwardsEarthward Earth"ward, Earthwards Earth"wards, adv.
Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward. Forthward
Forthward Forth"ward, adv. [Forth, adv. + -ward.]
Forward. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher.
Healthward
Healthward Health"ward, a. & adv.
In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.
Northward
Northward North"ward, a. [AS. nor[eth]weard.]
Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or
west point.
Northward
Northward North"ward, Northwards North"wards, adv.
Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than
to the east or west point.
Northwardly
Northwardly North"ward*ly, a.
Having a northern direction.
Northwardly
Northwardly North"ward*ly, adv.
In a northern direction.
Northwards
Northward North"ward, Northwards North"wards, adv.
Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than
to the east or west point.
Overthwart
Overthwart O"ver*thwart" ([=o]"v[~e]r*thw[add]rt"), a.
1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across;
hence, opposite. ``Our overthwart neighbors.' --Dryden.
2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse;
opposing. ``Overthwart humor.' --Clarendon.
Overthwart
Overthwart O"ver*thwart", prep.
Across; from alde to side of. ``Huge trees overthwart one
another.' --Milton.
Overthwart
Overthwart O"ver*thwart`, n.
That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance;
opposition. [Obs.] --Surrey.
Overthwart
Overthwart O`ver*thwart", v. t.
To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]
Overthwartly
Overthwartly O"ver*thwart"ly, adv.
In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely. [Obs.]
--Peacham.
Overthwartness
Overthwartness O"ver*thwart"ness, n.
The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] --Lord
Herbert.
Southward
Southward South"ward (?; colloq. ?), Southwards South"wards
(?; colloq. ?), adv.
Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the
east or west point; as, to go southward.
Southward
Southward South"ward, a.
Toward the south.
Southward
Southward South"ward, n.
The southern regions or countries; the south. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Southwardly
Southwardly South"ward*ly, adv.
In a southern direction.
Southwards
Southward South"ward (?; colloq. ?), Southwards South"wards
(?; colloq. ?), adv.
Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the
east or west point; as, to go southward.
Thwart
Thwart Thwart, v. i.
1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.]
Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with
internal oracles. --Locke.
ThwartThwart Thwart, adv. [See Thwart, a.]
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] --Milton. Thwart
Thwart Thwart, n. (Naut.)
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other,
or athwart the boat.
ThwartThwart Thwart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thwarting.]
1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow
thwarts the air. [Obs.]
Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the
night. --Milton.
2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
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