- (v.i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
- (v.t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
- (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
- (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other or athwart the boat.
- (prep.) Across; athwart.
- (v.t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
- (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
- (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
- (v.i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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