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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. Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart andendelong." Chaucer.