Usually means: Crossing or extending across something.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word overthwart:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. overthwart: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. overthwart: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overthwart: Wordnik
  4. overthwart: Wiktionary
  5. Overthwart, overthwart: Dictionary.com
  6. Overthwart: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. overthwart: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Overthwart: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. overthwart: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. overthwart: Free Dictionary
  11. Overthwart: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (overthwart)

adverb:  (archaic) From side to side.
adjective:  (obsolete) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
adjective:  (obsolete) Crossing in kind or disposition.
noun:  (obsolete) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.

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