Sekirov Dictionary

overthwart

/əʊvəˈθwɔːt/

adjective 2
adverb 1
noun 1
preposition 1
forms 3

adjective2

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(no longer used) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
- […] we whisper, for fear our over-thwart Neighbours Should hear us cry, Liberty, and betray us to the Government. — 1692
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(no longer used) Crossing in kind or disposition.
- So prowde of hart, So overthwart, So out of frame, So voyde of shame, […] — 1513

adverb1

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(no longer used) From side to side.
- For when a Gyant’s slain in fight, And mow’d orethwart, or cleft downright, It is a heavy case, no doubt, A man should have his Brains beat out, Because he’s tall, and has large Bones — 1663

noun1

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(no longer used) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
- A hart wel stayd, in ouerthwartes depe, Hopeth amendes: in swete, doth feare the sowre. — 1557

preposition1

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(dialect, no longer used) From one side to the other of.
- […] entrance, and access on all sides, by the felling of huge Trees overthwart one another, was quite barr’d up — 1670

forms

overthwarts · more overthwart · most overthwart

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