Definition of thwart

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Thwart (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat..

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Contrarry :: Contrarry (a.) To contradict or oppose; to thwart.
Cross :: Cross (prep.) Athwart; across.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Portate :: Portate (a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate..
Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
Thwart :: Thwart (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat..
Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
Thwarter :: Thwarter (n.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions..
Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..
Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely..
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..
Spite :: Spite (v. t.) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
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.
Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
Intervent :: Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.
Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash..
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