Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ATHWART
obliquely, aslant, athwart
(adverb) at an oblique angle; “the sun shone aslant into his face”
athwart
(adverb) at right angles to the center line of a ship
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
athwart (comparative more athwart, superlative most athwart)
(archaic) From side to side; across.
Synonym: overthwart
(archaic) Across the path (of something).
(archaic) Wrongly; perplexingly.
Preposition
athwart
(archaic) From one side to the other side of.
Synonym: overthwart
(nautical) Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck.
Across the path or course of; opposing.
Synonym: opposing
Source: Wiktionary
A*thwart", prep. Etym: [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of. Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. 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.
A*thwart", adv.
Definition: 1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser.
2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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