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