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Spite :: Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite..

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..

Thwarter :: Thwarter (n.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions..

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

Aslant :: Aslant (prep.) In a slanting direction over; athwart.

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

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

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..

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

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

Thwarted :: Thwarted (imp. & p. p.) of Thwar.

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..

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

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

Thwartingly :: Thwartingly (adv.) In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.

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

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

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

Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.

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