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Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

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..

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..

Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

Overthwart :: Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose.

Hostile :: Hostile (a.) Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change..

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

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

Overthwartness :: Overthwartness (n.) The state of being overthwart; perverseness.

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

Transverse :: Transverse (n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart.

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

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..

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.

Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.

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

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

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

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

Intervent :: Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.

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