Top Thwart Quotes

You see a wile, you thwart. Am I right?

I'm going to use them to track him down and thwart him. Thwart? Sarissa asked.Thwart. I said. To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy p...

Thwart Definition

(a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

(a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.

(a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

(prep.) Across; athwart.

(n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.

(v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.

(v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.

(v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.

(v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.