thwartwise

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thwartwise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  thwartwise
      adj 1: extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at
             right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be
             all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway
             ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations";
             "transverse colon" [syn: cross(a), transverse,
             transversal, thwartwise]