What is across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer called?
overthwart — Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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