Thwart — Defs

01 a. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

1.
Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
“Moved contrary with thwart obliquities.” — Milton.
2.
Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.[Obs.]

02 adv. Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

03 prep. Across; athwart.

Phrases & compounds

Thwart ships — See Athwart ships, under Athwart.

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

1.
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.(Naut.)

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

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.

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

1.
To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.[R.]
2.
Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.[R.]
“Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles.” — Locke.