Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay / Athwart her snowy brest, and did diuide / Her daintie paps .
The damaged mainmast fell athwart the deck, destroying the ship's boat.
It is the voice of human experience within us, judging and condemning all gods that stand athwart the pathway along which it feels itself to be advancing.
We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross.