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a·thwart    Audio Help   [uh-thwawrt] Pronunciation Key
–adverb
1.from side to side; crosswise.
2.Nautical.
a.at right angles to the fore-and-aft line; across.
b.broadside to the wind because of equal and opposite pressures of wind and tide: a ship riding athwart.
3.perversely; awry; wrongly.
–preposition
4.from side to side of; across.
5.Nautical. across the direction or course of.
6.in opposition to; contrary to.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME; see a-1, thwart]
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a·thwart    Audio Help   (ə-thwôrt')  Pronunciation Key 
adv.  
  1. From side to side; crosswise or transversely.
  2. So as to thwart, obstruct, or oppose; perversely.

prep.  
  1. From one side to the other of; across: "the Stars that shoot athwart the Night" (Alexander Pope).
  2. Contrary to; against.
  3. Nautical Across the course, line, or length of.


[Middle English : a-, on; see a-2 + thwert, across; see thwart.]

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athwart

adverb
1. at right angles to the center line of a ship 
2. at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face" [syn: obliquely] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Athwart

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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