The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\, adv.
Across; crosswise; transversely. ``Y'clenched overthwart and
endelong.''
--Chaucer.
Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\, prep.
Across; from alde to side of. ``Huge trees overthwart one
another.''
--Milton.
Overthwart \O"ver*thwart`\, n.
That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance;
opposition. [Obs.]
--Surrey.
Overthwart \O`ver*thwart"\, v. t. To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]
Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\ ([=o]"v[~e]r*thw[add]rt"), a.
Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. ``Our overthwart neighbors.''
--Dryden.Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. ``Overthwart humor.''
--Clarendon.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. 2 Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. n. (context obsolete English) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. prep. (label en archaic UK dialect) From one side to the other of; across.
Usage examples of "overthwart".
There he met with store of exceeding great ice all this coast along, and, coveting still to continue his course to the northward, was always by contrary wind detained overthwart these straits, and could not get beyond.
Sir Gawaine went out of the castle and supped in a pavilion and presently Sir Pelleas found them clipped in sleep and he left his naked sword overthwart both their throats and made marvellous dole and sorrow.
And thus they rode nigh a quarter of a year, endlong and overthwart, in many places, forests and wilderness, and oft-times were evil lodged for his sake.