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Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.

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  1. a. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
  2. a. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.
  3. adv. Across; crosswise; transversely.
  4. prep. Across; from alde to side of.
  5. n. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
  6. v. t. To cross; to oppose.
  7. 1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden. 2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. "Overthwart humor." Clarendon. Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer. Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another." Milton. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obs.] Surrey. To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]
  8. Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart andendelong." Chaucer.