overthwart Meaning, Definition & Usage

O"ver*thwart" adjective
Definitions
  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" adverb
Definitions
  1. Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer.
O"ver*thwart" preposition
Definitions
  1. Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another." Milton.
O"ver*thwart` noun
Definitions
  1. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. Obs. Surrey.
`Over*thwart" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cross; to oppose. Obs.

Webster 1913