athwart

  1. Adverb.  (archaic) From side to side; across.
  2. Adverb.  (archaic) Across the path (of something).
  3. Preposition.  (archaic) From one side to the other side of.
  4. Preposition.  (nautical) Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck.
  5. Preposition.  (archaic) Across the path or course of; opposing.

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