OVERTHWARTS

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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