Now rare. [f. THWART v.] An act or instance of thwarting; a check, hindrance, obstruction, frustration.
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Vent, Batu de mauvais vent, crost by a contrarie, or malignant thwart.
1632. Rowley, New Wonder, I. 11. Full oft, and many have I heard complaine Of discontents, thwarts, and adversities.
1661. Glanvill, Van. Dogm., 81. Any considerable thwart in the Motion.
1742. H. Walpole, Lett. to Mann (1834), I. 104. The number of blows and thwarts which the French have received.
1782. Miss Burney, Cecilia, II. iii. A certain discourteous person … in thwart of your fair inclinations, keepeth and detaineth your irradiant frame in hostile thraldom.
1902. Blackw. Mag., April, 547/1. I distrust that man—He’s a thwart—a moral thwart.
