Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Overthwart

Overthwart (ō"vẽr*thwart") , adjective

1.
Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
Our overthwart neighbors. — Dryden
2.
Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.
Overthwart humor. — Clarendon

Overthwart , adverb

Across; crosswise; transversely.
Y'clenched overthwart and endelong. — Chaucer

Overthwart , preposition

Across; from side to side of.
Huge trees overthwart one another. — Milton

Overthwart , noun

That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obsolete] — Surrey

Overthwart , transitive verb

To cross; to oppose. [Obsolete]