a. [ OE. þwart, þwert, a. and adv., Icel. þvert, neut. of þverr athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. þweorh perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tvär cross, unfriendly, Goth. þwaírhs angry. Cf. Queer. ]
Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ See Thwart, a. ] Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
prep. Across; athwart. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thwart ships.
n. (Naut.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Far.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Transversely; obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness. [ 1913 Webster ]
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