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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to 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..

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