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Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash..

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

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

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

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..

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

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..

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

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

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..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.

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

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

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..

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

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite..

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..

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

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..

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

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