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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.
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Athwart
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