I have researched on the word "Athwart", but I'm still unsure how to use it correctly. Can I use it like "Across"?
For example : "I looked at the window athwart the room."?
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6My advice, don't use it. Ever. It's far too obscure. Why use a word hardly anybody knows ?– Mari-Lou ACommented Sep 22, 2016 at 20:30
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5When you dress up as Cap'n Ahab for Hallowe'en you can say it.– TimRCommented Sep 22, 2016 at 21:07
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+1 for taking an interest in obscure English words. You made me smile.– MickCommented Sep 23, 2016 at 4:06
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It's not obscure. It's specialized. Not the same thing at all.– LambieCommented Sep 23, 2016 at 12:05
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athwart is a sailing term, most of all.
Athwart, athwartships At right angles to the fore and aft or centerline of a ship. Athwart, athwartships
It's the kind of term you will find in novels by:
You might try the BOOKS of Patrick O'Brian for instance:
Patrick O'Brian (given name: Richard Patrick Russ, 1914 - 2000) was the author of twenty books (and three chapters) detailing the naval and terrestrial exploits of Captain Jack Aubrey and Doctor Stephen Maturin, in a period from 1801 to 1815.
