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Definition of Athwart
1. Adverb. At right angles to the center line of a ship.
2. Adverb. At an oblique angle. "The sun shone aslant into his face"
Definition of Athwart
1. prep. Across; from side to side of.
2. adv. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
Definition of Athwart
1. Adverb. (archaic) From side to side; across. ¹
2. Adverb. (archaic) Across the path (of something). ¹
3. Preposition. (archaic) From one side to the other side of. ¹
4. Preposition. (nautical) Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck. ¹
5. Preposition. (archaic) Across the path or course of; opposing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Athwart
1. from side to side [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Athwart
Literary usage of Athwart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"or log lying athwart,' which has been corrupted in Burmese into Dagon or Dagun.
The Burmese word shwe means ' golden.' During the first Anglo-Burmese war in ..."
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