Definition of Athwart

  • (prep.) Across; from side to side of.
  • (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
  • (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
  • (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

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