Definitions of athwart

1. Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.

2. Across the course or direction of, as of a ship; from side to side of.

3. Across.

4. Across, so as to transverse.

5. Across; from side to side.

6. Across; transversely; in opposition to; perversely.

7. at an oblique angle; " the sun shone aslant into his face"

8. at right angles to the center line of a ship

9. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.

10. Across; from side to side; crosswise.

11. Sidewise: wrongly: perplexingly.

12. Across; transverse.

13. In a manner to cross and perplex. See Thwart.

14. Among seamen, across the line of the ship's course; in a manner to cross or perplex.