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

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

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

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

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..

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..

Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air..

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams..

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

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

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

Overthwartly :: Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely..

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

Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

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

Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

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

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

Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

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