Thwart

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.

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.

The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other.

Thwart, v. i. 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.

Thwart (?), a. [OE. þwart, þwert, a. and adv., Icel. þvert, neut. of þverr athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. þweorh perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tvär cross, unfriendly, Goth. þwaírhs angry. Cf. Queer.] 1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

Moved contrary with thwart obliquities.

2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] Shak.

Thwart, prep. Across; athwart. Spenser.

Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.

Thwart, adv. [See Thwart, a.] Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] Milton.

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