Athwart

  • 21athwart — preposition literary across ation /eISFn/ suffix (in nouns) the act, state, or result of doing something: an examination of the contents (=examining them) | the combination of several factors …

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  • 22athwart — adv 1. across, crosswise, crossways, cross, crisscross, from side to side, transversely. 2. awry, askant, askew, obliquely, sidelong, sideways; perversely, wrongly, contrawise, crossgrained, across the grain, against the tide or wind; at cross… …

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  • 23athwart — a•thwart [[t]əˈθwɔrt[/t]] adv. 1) from side to side; crosswise 2) perversely; awry; wrongly 3) from side to side of; across 4) in opposition to; contrary to • Etymology: 1425–75 …

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  • 24athwart — /əˈθwɔt / (say uh thwawt) adverb 1. from side to side (often in an oblique direction): transversely. 2. perversely; awry; wrongly. 3. Nautical at right angles to a ship s keel. –preposition 4. from side to side of; across. 5. in opposition to;… …

  • 25athwart — adv. & prep. adv. 1 across from side to side (usu. obliquely). 2 perversely or in opposition. prep. 1 from side to side of. 2 in opposition to. Etymology: A(2) + THWART …

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  • 26lie athwart — intransitive verb : to ride at anchor or mooring with head to the wind across the tide …

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  • 27þwerte — athwart, across the grain …

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  • 28athwarthawse — athwart·hawse …

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  • 29athwartship — athwart·ship …

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  • 30athwartships — athwart·ships …

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