1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in (new ed.) I. 140 You seem'd to hear them [sc. waves]..roar rock-thwarted under bellowing caves.
1946 W. C. Williams I. i. 8 Jostled as are the waters approaching The brink, his thoughts Interlace, repel and cut under, Rise rock-thwarted and turn aside But forever strain forward.