adv. 1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

All athwart there came
A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ Pref. a- + thwart. ] 1. Across; from side to side of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. [ 1913 Webster ]

Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether in contact or at a small distance. --
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

ads. Breadthwise. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

ads. In the direction of the breadth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Toward death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) (a) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. (b) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidæ, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick. [ 1913 Webster ]

She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Mil.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Engin.) (a) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc. (b) An embankment or construction made of earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zoöl.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mean, sordid person; a niggard. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Forth, adv. + -ward. ] Forward. [ Obs. ] Bp. Fisher. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Immediately; without delay; directly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith. Acts ix. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) As soon as the thing required may be done by reasonable exertion confined to that object. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Lathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. In the direction of the length; running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; in a longitudinal direction. Contrasted with crosswise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth.
Syn. -- gargle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ AS. norðweard. ] Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a northern direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a northern direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , adv. Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. norðwest. ] 1. The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The northwestern part of the contiguous forty-eight states of the United States, especially the states of Washington and Oregon. [ U.S. ] [ PJC ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Toward the northwest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Toward the northwest, or from the northwest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Toward the northwest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. “Our overthwart neighbors.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. “Overthwart humor.” Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Across; crosswise; transversely. “Y'clenched overthwart and endelong.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Across; from alde to side of. “Huge trees overthwart one another.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [ Obs. ] Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cross; to oppose. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely. [ Obs. ] Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [ Obs. ] Lord Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof is no death. Prov. xii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

We tread the pathway arm in arm. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Toward the south. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The southern regions or countries; the south. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a southern direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, adv. Toward the southwest. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Thwacked p. pr. & vb. n. Thwacking. ] [ Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS. þaccian, E. whack. ] 1. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. “A distant thwacking sound.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill to overflow. [ Obs. ] Stanyhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump. [ 1913 Webster ]

With many a stiff thwack, many a bang,
Hard crab tree and old iron rang. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The twaite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. Icel. þveit a piece of land, fr. þvīta to cut. See Thwite, and cf. Doit, and Twaite land cleared of woods. ] Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite. [ 1913 Webster ]