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athwart
(encz) | athwart,napříč n: Zdeněk Brož |
athwart
(encz) | athwart,šikmo Zdeněk Brož |
Athwart
(gcide) | Athwart \A*thwart"\, prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
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Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
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2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet
standing athwart our course.
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Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether
in contact or at a small distance.
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in
that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.
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Athwart
(gcide) | Athwart \A*thwart"\, adv.
1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise;
obliquely.
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Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight.
--Spenser.
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2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
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All athwart there came
A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. --Shak.
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athwart
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adv 1: at right angles to the center line of a ship
2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
[syn: obliquely, aslant, athwart] |
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athwart
(encz) | athwart,napříč n: Zdeněk Brožathwart,šikmo Zdeněk Brož |
Athwart hawse
(gcide) | Hawse \Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole,
or hole in the bow of the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h[=a]ls,
neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See
Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]
1. A hawse hole. --Harris.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored
with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on
the port bow.
(b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend;
as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul
hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
(c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse
holes for the cables.
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Athwart hawse. See under Athwart.
Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other,
or are twisted together.
Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea;
-- called also hawse plug.
Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through
which the hawse hole is cut.
Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above).
To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service
at the lowest grade. [Cant]
To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and
bring the chafe and strain on another part.
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1. Across; from side to side of.
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Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
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2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet
standing athwart our course.
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Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether
in contact or at a small distance.
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in
that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.
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Athwart ships
(gcide) | Athwart \A*thwart"\, prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
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Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
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2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet
standing athwart our course.
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Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether
in contact or at a small distance.
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in
that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.
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athwart
(wn) | athwart
adv 1: at right angles to the center line of a ship
2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
[syn: obliquely, aslant, athwart] |
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