Definition of thwart

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

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Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air..
Transverse :: Transverse (n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart.
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 cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..
Spite :: Spite (v. t.) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
Portate :: Portate (a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate..
Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.
Thwartingly :: Thwartingly (adv.) In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
Overthwartness :: Overthwartness (n.) The state of being overthwart; perverseness.
Thwarted :: Thwarted (imp. & p. p.) of Thwar.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.
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..
Thwart :: Thwart (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat..
Intervent :: Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.
Thwarter :: Thwarter (n.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions..
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..
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