According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
OVERTHWARTING
OVERTHWART
O"ver*thwart", a.
1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden.
2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. "Overthwart humor." Clarendon.
O"ver*thwart", adv.
Definition: Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer.
O"ver*thwart", prep.
Definition: Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another." Milton.
O"ver*thwart`, n.
Definition: That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obs.] Surrey.
, v. t.
Definition: To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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