Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for THWART
THWART, a. [thwort; D. dwars; Dan. tver, tvert, tvers; Sw. tvärs, tvart; probably a compound of Sax. æth, oth, to, and the root of veer, L. verto, versus.]
Transverse; being across something else. Mov'd contrary with thwart obliquities. Milton.
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