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

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

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

Overthwart :: Overthwart (n.) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.

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..

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

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

Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

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

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

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..

Contrarry :: Contrarry (a.) To contradict or oppose; to thwart.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Overthwart :: Overthwart (prep.) Across; from alde to side of.

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

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