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Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.

Cross :: Cross (prep.) Athwart; across.

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

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

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..

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

Cross :: Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.

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

Thwartly :: Thwartly (adv.) Transversely; obliquely.

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

Across :: Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..

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

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

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

Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course..

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

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..

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

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

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