\O"ver*thwart"\ ([=o]"v[~e]r*thw[add]rt"), a.
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.

\O"ver*thwart"\, adv.
Across; crosswise; transversely. ``Y'clenched overthwart and
endelong.'' --Chaucer.

\O"ver*thwart"\, prep.
Across; from alde to side of. ``Huge trees overthwart one
another.'' --Milton.

\O"ver*thwart`\, n.
That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance;
opposition. [Obs.] --Surrey.

\O`ver*thwart"\, v. t.
To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]