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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..

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

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

Spite :: Spite (v. t.) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

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

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

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

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..

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

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..

Portate :: Portate (a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate..

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

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.

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

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.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

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

Thaught :: Thaught (n.) See Thwart.

Thwarter :: Thwarter (n.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions..

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

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