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Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

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

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

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

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

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

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..

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

Thwart :: Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.

Spite :: Spite (v. t.) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

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..

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

Aboard :: Aboard (prep.) Across; athwart.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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