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Thwart, adv. Etym: [See Thwart, a.]
Defn: Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] Milton.
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Thwart, prep.
Defn: Across; athwart. Spenser. Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
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Thwart, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
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Thwart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwarting.]
1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. [Obs.] Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. Milton.
2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. Shak. The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. South.
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Thwart, v. i.