Sekirov Dictionary

athwart

UK /əˈθwɔːt/US /əˈθwɔɹt/

preposition 6
adverb 3
forms 2

preposition6

•
From one side to the other side of; across.
- The stars moved slowly athwart the sky.
•
Across the line of a ship's course, or across its deck.
- The damaged mainmast fell athwart the deck, destroying the ship’s boat.
•
(figurative) Across; through.
- And novv, athvvart the Terrors that thy Vovv / Has planted round thee, thou appear'st more fair, / More amiable, and risest in thy Charms. — 1712
•
across the path of something in a way that blocks it
- VVhence and vvhat art thou, execrable shape, / That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miscreated Front athvvart my vvay / To yonder Gates? — 1667
•
(figurative) Opposed to.
- I have seen this present vvork, and finde nothing athvvart the Catholick faith and good manners: […] — 1644
•
Across the course or path of, so as to meet; hence (figuratively), to the attention of.
- For here our souls hath but one eye (the Apostle saith, vve knovv in part) be not proud if that chance to come athvvart thy seeing side, vvhich meets with the blind side of another. — 1642

adverb3

•
From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
- Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart.
- We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross.
•
Across the path of something, so as to impede progress.
- [W]ith his spear / Advanced athvvart push'd back the Trojan van, / And all stood fast. — 1791
•
(figurative) Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly.
- [A]ll athvvart there came / A post from VVales, loden vvith heauy nevves, […] — 1597

forms

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