5 entries under this word

Thwart

Thwart, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. thweorh, thweorg, thweor, adv. thweores, Icel. thver, adv. thvert, Sw. tvär, adv. tvärt, tvärs, Dan. tver, adv. tvert, tvers, O. Fries. thweres, thwers, dwers, dwars, D. dwars, dwers, L. Ger. dweer, dwars, O. H. Ger. duerah, dwerh, dwerhi, twerh, twer, tweri, M. H. Ger. twerch, twer, Up. Ger. zwerch; Goth. tvairhs, angry; W. gwyr, gwyrawg, oblique, slanting, perverse. Cf. QUEER.]

Across something else; transverse. “Moved contrary with thwart obliquities.” Milton.
Hence, perverse. [Obs.] Shak.

Thwart, adv.

adverb

Crossing; thwartly. [Obs.]

Thwart, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. THWARTED; p. pr. & vb. n. THWARTING.]

Sense 1. To move across or counter to; to cross.

Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. Milton.

Sense 2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; 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.

Thwart, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. 2. Hence, to be in opposition. [Rare.] It is easy to be imagined what reception any proposition shall find that shall thwart at all with these internal oracles. Locke.

Thwart, n.

noun

n. (Naut.) The seat or bench of a boat on which the rowers sit, placed athwart the boat.