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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Athwart \A*thwart"\, adv 1. Across especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. --Spenser. 2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: athwart adv 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}, {aslant}]
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