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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
athwart
    adv 1: at right angles to the center line of a ship
    2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
       [syn: obliquely, aslant, athwart]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Athwart \A*thwart"\, prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
   1. Across; from side to side of.
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            Athwart the thicket lone.             --Tennyson.
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   2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet
      standing athwart our course.
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   Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether
      in contact or at a small distance.

   Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in
      that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Athwart \A*thwart"\, adv.
   1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise;
      obliquely.
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            Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
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            All athwart there came
            A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. --Shak.
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