ATHWART


Meaning of ATHWART in English

/euh thwawrt"/ , adv.

1. from side to side; crosswise.

2. Naut.

a. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line; across.

b. broadside to the wind because of equal and opposite pressures of wind and tide: a ship riding athwart.

3. perversely; awry; wrongly.

prep.

4. from side to side of; across.

5. Naut. across the direction or course of.

6. in opposition to; contrary to.

[ 1425-75; late ME; see A- 1 , THWART ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .