Bible Dictionaries
Athwart
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
(2):
(adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
(3):
(prep.) Across; from side to side of.
(4):
(prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Athwart'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/athwart.html. 1828.