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Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse..

Overthwart :: Overthwart (n.) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.

Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.

Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

Double-banked :: Double-banked (a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart..

Thwarted :: Thwarted (imp. & p. p.) of Thwar.

Cross :: Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.

Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely..

Thwart :: Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.

Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash..

Countervail :: Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate..

Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..

Manger :: Manger (n.) The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it..

Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air..

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms..

Overthwartly :: Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely..

Across :: Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..

Spite :: Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite..

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