• (prep.) Across; from side to side of. • (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. • (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. • (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/athwart/
A·thwart' adverb 1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. « Sometimes athwart , sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser. » 2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. « All athwart there came A post from W... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/139
A·thwart' preposition [ Prefix a- + thwart .] 1. Across; from side to side of. « Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson. » 2. (Nautical) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. Athwart hawse , ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/139
from side to side; crosswise. · a ship riding athwart. · at right angles to the fore-and-aft line; across. · broadside to the wind because of equal and opposite pressures of wind and tide:a ship riding athwart. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/athwart