O"ver*thwart" (ō"v&etilde;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.]