Definition of thwart

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Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

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Thaught :: Thaught (n.) See Thwart.
Aslant :: Aslant (prep.) In a slanting direction over; athwart.
Aboard :: Aboard (prep.) Across; athwart.
Thwartingly :: Thwartingly (adv.) In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
Thwart :: Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (prep.) Across; from alde to side of.
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (n.) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
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..
Thwarting :: Thwarting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thwar.
Spite :: Spite (v. t.) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
Overthwartness :: Overthwartness (n.) The state of being overthwart; perverseness.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose.
Cross :: Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
Thwartness :: Thwartness (n.) The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.
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..
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..
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