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

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 (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.

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

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

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams..

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

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..

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

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.

Thwartness :: Thwartness (n.) The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.

Thaught :: Thaught (n.) See Thwart.

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite..

Transverse :: Transverse (a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal..

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..

Prevention :: Prevention (n.) The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting..

Travers :: Travers (a.) Across; athwart.

Thwarting :: Thwarting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thwar.

Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across; from side to side of.

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