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adv. 1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

All athwart there came
A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ Pref. a- + thwart. ] 1. Across; from side to side of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

ads. Breadthwise. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a churchwarden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Toward death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) (a) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. (b) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidæ, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick. [ 1913 Webster ]

She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. eating and serving dishes collectively.
Syn. -- crockery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, washes dishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A European bird; the wagtail. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. an electrical appliance{ 4 } which washes tableware automatically by directing powerful streams of hot soapy water at the items from multiple jets. [ PJC ]

n. Water in which dishes have been washed. “Suds and dishwater.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chin. feng + ‘huang. ] (Chinese Myth.) A pheasantlike bird of rich plumage and graceful form and movement, fabled to appear in the land on the accession of a sage to the throne, or when right principles are about to prevail. It is often represented on porcelains and other works of art. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. [ Forth, adv. + -ward. ] Forward. [ Obs. ] Bp. Fisher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the tide when the water is highest; high tide. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- high tide, high water. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Water at its highest level, as in a river during a flood. [ PJC ]

n. A road or way open to the use of the public, especially a paved main road or thoroughfare between towns; in the latter sense it contrasts with local street; as, on the highways and byways.

Syn. -- Way; road; path; course. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Highwaymen One who robs on the public road; a highway robber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Robbery committed on the public roads. [ PJC ]

2. An excessively high price or fee; -- used especially in situations where the buyer has little or no choice but to buy the item offered. [ PJC ]

n. [ G., fr. kirsche cherry + wasser water. ] An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. In the direction of the length; running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; in a longitudinal direction. Contrasted with crosswise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The gromwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also Bassia butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth.
Syn. -- gargle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ AS. norðweard. ] Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a northern direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a northern direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , adv. Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. “Our overthwart neighbors.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. “Overthwart humor.” Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Across; crosswise; transversely. “Y'clenched overthwart and endelong.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Across; from alde to side of. “Huge trees overthwart one another.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [ Obs. ] Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cross; to oppose. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely. [ Obs. ] Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [ Obs. ] Lord Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. pançoi. ] (Naut.) A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers. [ Written also panshway and paunchwas. ] Malcom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof is no death. Prov. xii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

We tread the pathway arm in arm. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from Theodor Schwann, a German anatomist of the 19th century. ] (Anat.) The neurilemma. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) The substance of the medullary sheath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chinese abacus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Schwan-pan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Toward the south. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The southern regions or countries; the south. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a southern direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as 4th Swash, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves. (b) Thoroughwort. [ 1913 Webster ]