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Thwart :: Thwart (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat..

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

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

Thaught :: Thaught (n.) See Thwart.

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..

Overthwart :: Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose.

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

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

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..

Intervent :: Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.

Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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