Thwart, adv. [See Thwart, a.] Thwartly; obliquely; transversely;
athwart. [Obs.] Milton.
Thwart, prep. Across; athwart. Spenser.
Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
Thwart, n. (Naut.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the
other, or athwart the boat.
Thwart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwarting.] 1. To
move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
[Obs.]
Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night.
Milton.
2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene;
hence, to frustrate or defeat.
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.
Shak.
The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other.
South.