athwart

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From one side to the other side of

Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay / Athwart her snowy brest, and did diuide / Her daintie paps .

Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck

The damaged mainmast fell athwart the deck, destroying the ship's boat.

Across the path or course of; opposing

It is the voice of human experience within us, judging and condemning all gods that stand athwart the pathway along which it feels itself to be advancing.

From side to side; across

We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross.

Across the path (of something)
from side to side
{a} across, through, wrong
Across
crosswise or transversely
Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely
from side to side; across (Nautical); in an apposing manner
at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
At right angles to the fore-and-aft line of a vessel
Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely
From one side to the other side
Across the line of a ships course
Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course
"Across, from one side to the other " (Uden & Cooper) Also "athwartships" (adverb)
{e} from side to side; contrary to
Across; from side to side of
at right angles to the center line of a ship
athwart

    Hyphenation

    a·thwart

    Turkish pronunciation

    ıthwôrt

    Pronunciation

    /əˈᴛʜwôrt/ /əˈθwɔːrt/

    Etymology

    [ &-'thwort, naut often ] (preposition.) 15th century. From a- + thwart.
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