GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Athwart , prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
   Across; from side to side of.
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   Athwart the thicket lone.
   Tennyson.
   
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   (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
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   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.
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   Athwart, adv.
   Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
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   Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight.
   Spenser.
   
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   Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
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   All athwart there came
   A post from Wales loaden with heavy news.
   Shak.
   
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