(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.
