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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

O"ver*thwart"\, adv. Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." --Chaucer.

Overthwart

O"ver*thwart"\, prep. Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another." --Milton.

Overthwart

O"ver*thwart`\, n. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obs.] --Surrey.

Overthwart

O`ver*thwart"\, v. t. To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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