adv. and a. [f. THWART a. + -WISE.]
A. adv. Crosswise, transversely.
1589. P. Ive, Fortif., 16. Lay a trauers of trees in the bottome … laying them thwart wise in the work.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 191. Crab, Cancer, they goe thwartwise.
1894. Crockett, Mad Sir Uchtred, v. The troop passed thwartwise over the mountain steep. Ibid. (1899), Black Douglas (1900), 468. Margaret … rode thwartwise to intercept her.
B. adj. Situated or extending transversely; cross, transverse.
1890. Clerke, Syst. Stars, 309. The directly measurable, thwartwise part of its motion.
1891. Dublin Rev., Jan., 157. Compounded … of thwartwise and end-on speed.
