ATHWART
\ˈaθwɔːt], \ˈaθwɔːt], \ˈa_θ_w_ɔː_t]\
Definitions of ATHWART
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
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at right angles to the center line of a ship
By Princeton University
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at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
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at right angles to the center line of a ship
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
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Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
By Oddity Software
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Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
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Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
By Noah Webster.
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Across; from side to side; crosswise.
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Across the course or direction of, as of a ship; from side to side of.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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In a manner to cross and perplex. See Thwart.
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Across, so as to transverse.
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Across; from side to side.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Across; from side to side.
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Among seamen, across the line of the ship's course; in a manner to cross or perplex.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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